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Sharks: Keepers of the Reef
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Learn about an important study on sharks that reveals the severe threats they face around the world.
Sharks: Keepers of the Reef
Event
Learn about an important study on sharks that reveals the severe threats they face around the world.

Peer into the depths to see a blacktip reef shark. Credit: Aquarium of the Pacific/Andrew Reitsma
Learn about an important study on sharks that reveals the severe threats they face around the world. This landmark study by Global FinPrint, published last July in Nature, reveals sharks are functionally extinct in many of the coral reefs around the world.
This speaking engagement will be live streamed below:
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Education Supervisor Erin McCombs
Hear from Aquarium Education Supervisor Erin McCombs, Nature co-author and leader of the Aquarium’s participation in the study. She will discuss the important efforts of our volunteers in reviewing thousands of hours of videos, what they found, and what the results of this study mean for the future of sharks and coral reefs.