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Sharks are the Engine of Tourism

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According to Australian Underwater Federation (AUF) this ocean area is particularly favorable for the sharks. During only last three months these predatory fishes were seen here more than three hundred times.

The tourist market of Townsville has considerable grown due to the inrush of divers and fishermen, coming to see the sharks.

The chairman of AUF dr. Adam Smith has noted that diving for the sharks starts gaining popularity in the other parts of the country.

“The tourists are ready to pay their money, in order to see a gray nurse shark in South Wales, a gray reef shark in Queensland and great white shark in South Australia” – he said.

Dr. Smith had noted, that in other regions, where the commercial hunting for sharks didn’t take place, a bigger amount of this fish has been noted.
A diver managed to count 443 of them in the Coral Sea in eight days.

The shark researcher from Townsville Richard Fitzpatrick has said that for a short period of time one can see from 20 till 30 sharks in the Coral See. An ichthyologist from the Australian Institute of Marine Science Mike Cappo has stated that the big population level of sharks is a rather encouraging fact. After all, formerly the scientists made quite pessimistic forecasts concerning the fate of this fish.

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Article Submitted On: February 22, 2008