Not a Gray Nurse like this:

A Grey Nurse like this:

Grey Nurse Sharks

The The Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia, while acknowledging that there are only about 500 Grey Nurse Sharks left, ruled against the Nature Conservation Council and their bid to ban fishing in 16 Grey Nurse breeding areas off of New South Wales. Their reason: it is up to the state government of New South Wales to to pass the legislation, not the federal Australian government. In short: they are making this a classic example of state versus federal governance. Does that remind you of any other country?

This awesome graphic came from here.

Read more about the Grey Nurse Shark.

Read more of The Chum Slick's coverage of the Grey Nurse Shark.

Because you probably didn't click the links...So what is it that's killing all the Grey Nurse Sharks? You guessed it! The Shark Fin Soup Mafia and harmful commercial long line fishing practices.

So long and thanks for all the fish,

--Sharky

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