Tourist Feeding Puts French Polynesia’s Reef Sharks at Risk
Human-Provided Food Disrupts Shark Health and Reproduction Mo’orea, French Polynesia – Blacktip reef sharks, a vulnerable species, are experiencing detrimental health effects due to frequent feeding by tourists, according to recent research. The practice of offering frozen squid, human leftovers, and other low-quality scraps has led to significant metabolic, behavioral, and reproductive changes in these … Read more