The surprise encounter – believed to be the first-ever adult great white filmed underwater in the region – occurred as a team removed abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck near Sicily.

Volunteer divers had the astonishing encounter while retrieving abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck.

The footage is believed to be the first ever captured of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea in his natural habitat.

Healthy Seas is calling on governments and the fishing industry to reduce the number of nets being abandoned

Three divers, including Derk Remmers, spotted the predator while working on a mission to remove abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily, between Italy and…

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Divers removing abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily were stunned when a massive great white shark appeared at a depth of 40 meters, prompting one diver…

Great white sharks are classified as "critically endangered" in the Mediterranean Sea, and underwater sightings are incredibly rare.

Un tiburón blanco adulto fue grabado bajo el agua en el Mediterráneo durante una misión de conservación. Científicos consideran que podría ser el primer registro submarino…

El hallazgo ocurrió durante una misión para retirar redes de pesca abandonadas

The surprise encounter – believed to be the first-ever adult great white filmed underwater in the region – occurred as a team removed abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck near…

Divers captured underwater footage of the shark in the Mediterranean for the first time recently off the coast of Sicily, Italy.

Mergulhadores que removiam redes fantasma no Mediterrâneo central captaram aquelas que acreditam ser as primeiras imagens subaquáticas de um tubarão-branco adulto naquele mar.