Giant cuttlefish population down by 97pc, SA count shows
An official government count reveals a devastating population crash.
South Australia's giant cuttlefish population has plummeted by 97 percent, according to the latest count in the Spencer Gulf. Last year, 63,000 of the creatures were recorded, but this year only 1,811 were found. Environmental officials are urging the species to be classified as endangered. Marine biologists found just 440 eggs during an 8-kilometer coastline survey. Professor Mike Steer from South Australian Research and Development Institute believes the decline is due to a harmful algal bloom.
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