Shark Conservation in Australia: Dr. Leonardo Guida

This episode was recorded on Sunrise Beach last week on the
eastern coast of Australia and is part of a worldwide series I
have been recording for a number of years regarding shark
conservation. This episode features Dr. Leonardo Guida. In 2016
Dr. Guida completed his PhD at Monash University studying the
effects of commercial fishing on shark and ray populations. He is
the Australian Marine Conservation Society's Senior Shark
Campaigner, leading their conservation campaign, "Shark
Champions", in partnership with Humane Society International.


Dr. Guida will talk about baited drum lines which currently draw
sharks to be killed in the name of protecting humans as well as
shark finning and the effects of commercial fishing on shark and
ray populations.


The ancestry of great white sharks is thought to date back more
than 400 million years & modern sharks over 34 million years.
Modern humans date back 200,000 years. Humans kill roughly 100
million sharks per year. Sharks kill 4-8 humans per year. Car
accidents kill ~50,000 humans per year.


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