Climate change, a supply of seals to eat and effective conservation in the United States are all possible explanations for the apparent increase in great white sharks in Atlantic Canada, according to a newly published paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
A science crew from Oceana Canada, along with Nunatsiavut community members have been collecting data on things like kelp forests, corals, sponges and open water areas surrounded by seasonal ice.