Study shows Aust sharks' extinction risk

By Nick Gibbs
Updated September 21 2021 - 1:30pm, first published 1:26pm
An overview of Australia's sharks and rays has found 39 species with an elevated risk of extinction.
An overview of Australia's sharks and rays has found 39 species with an elevated risk of extinction.

More than one-in-ten of Australia's shark, ray and ghost shark species are at risk of extinction, with experts warning "urgent action" is needed to stop severe population declines.

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