He has free-dived with great white sharks for nearly 20 years, and he has never known it to be this difficult to find them. Extensive research by Rutzen and his marine biologist partner, Sara Andreotti, has found that great whites off the South African coast are rapidly heading for extinction. “The great white sharks on the South African coast are heading for extinction,” Andreotti says. “People want the jaws of a great white shark hanging in their pub,” she says. “Within three years, all the great white sharks off the shore of Gansbaai will be gone, mark my words,” Rutzen says.

Source: National Post August 23, 2016 14:48 UTC