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Grey Nurse Shark Extinction
Estimated extinction time: 13-16 years.

The grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus), is also know as the sand tiger shark (USA) or ragged-tooth shark (South Africa). Their populations the off the east coast of Australia are listed nationally as critically endangered under Schedule 1 of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999) and may number no more than 300 in New South Wales and southern Queensland waters.

Otway, N. M., Bradshaw, C. J. A. & Harcourt, R. G. 2004. Estimating the rate of quasi-extinction of the Australian grey nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) population using deterministic age- and stage-classified models. Biological Conservation. In press.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

 

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