In 2009, Robert Heuter, director of the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, reported a depletion of between 75 and 90 percent of the Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrna spp.) in the Gulf of Mexico.
If the oil spewing in the Gulf of Mexico flows with the current eastward to the Atlantic, it seems likely that the spawning grounds of these magnificent creatures in Boca Grande Pass, near Port Charlotte, Florida will be in peril as well. |
