An email directed us to a forum discussing the ESPN write-up and an interesting perspective on shark assessments.
Johnoly says:
“The great debate depends on a whether you are talking about a global census versus a particular dive site census.
We have sites in Jupiter that are 100% guaranteed to be loaded with sharks and other sites that I would be shocked if I even saw a single one.
In both cases, no one with the exception of reef.org has been underwater to take a census of how many there are. They are only counting dead fish/sharks.
What if we determined our human populations by how many dead people show up to the cemetery each year? In other words, more dead people means less alive humans and the population must have gone down. Sounds reasonable? Probably not, but that's how the eco groups determine the fish populations.”
The link to this thread can be found here.
What do you think?
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