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"Algal bloom killed more than 8,000 sharks and rays in Australia" — ABC News Australia (Top) · Humanitarian & Biosphere
Single sourceA newly released report from the Great Southern Reef Foundation concludes that more than 8,000 sharks and died during a toxic off South Australia — a toll compiled largely from citizen-science sightings of washed-up animals. The victims include (bottom-dwelling) sharks, rays and , and reporting describes it as the largest known of sharks and rays recorded anywhere. The bloom itself occurred in 2025; what is new is the quantified, published tally, not the die-off.
The 8,000-plus figure comes from a named NGO report built on citizen-science records rather than a systematic carcass survey, so it is best read as a documented minimum that likely undercounts deaths at sea. The ABC story is secondary reporting on that report; the Guardian carried the same figure in mid-October 2026, so the number is consistently reported across outlets but traces to a single advocacy/research source.
The ABC article is from 2 November 2026 and covers a just-released report, but the underlying event — the South Australian algal bloom and the die-off — dates to 2025, so this is a new accounting of an older disaster rather than a new incident.