More Sharks In Hong Kong Waters
August 5, 2007 @ 11:26 AM (EST)
Source: Iol.co.za
Cleaner waters and a more plentiful supply of fish could be luring more sharks to the territory than at any time in the last 10 years, a media report said on Sunday.
The main beach at Stanley, on the south side of Hong Kong Island, was closed after the carcass of a juvenile blacktip reef shark was found entangled in a shark-prevention net, the South China Morning Post said.
The government also reported more than 20 shark sightings in July with two so far this month in a marine park near Sai Kung along the east coast of Hong Kong's New Territories...
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