Divers capture the first ever video of a great white shark in the Mediterranean
The rare sighting could help researchers better understand the critically endangered species, which has been recorded in the Mediterranean only a few times.
- Divers have captured what is believed to be the first-ever underwater video of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea, a milestone encounter released on Monday to mark World Oceans Day.
- The rare footage was filmed by technical diver Derk Remmers at a depth of roughly 40 meters in the Strait of Sicily, a heavily fished biodiversity hotspot situated between Italy and North Africa.
- The encounter occurred during a high-seas conservation mission organized by the Healthy Seas Foundation and Ghost Diving, where volunteers were working to remove abandoned "ghost" fishing nets from a deep shipwreck.
- The massive shark, flanked by a dozen striped pilot fish, circled the divers calmly out of apparent curiosity before swimming away, likely drawn to the site by marine life—including endangered loggerhead sea turtles—trapped in the discarded nets.
- Marine biologists described the sighting as highly unusual and scientifically valuable, noting that the species is critically endangered in the region and most historical data has relied solely on dead specimens caught in commercial fishing gear.
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Great White Shark in the Mediterranean: First ever footage captured
Volunteer divers on a mission to remove abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily have captured what experts regard as the first underwater footage of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea. The team worked in waters between Sicily and Tunisia, where the wreck supports a rich variety of marine life despite heavy fishing activity in the region. Source
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