Official Histopathology Report for Port Broughton White Shark Necropsy Conducted on 28/06/25 Supplied by SARDI Aquatic Sciences

The following screenshots seen in this post were taken from the PDF document supplied to Shark Watch SA by SARDI Aquatic Sciences and includes the contents of every page found in the official histopathology report.

Confidential information such as the name of the veterinary clinic and doctors involved in conducting the testing, the job and submission no, email addresses, and certain contact details have been scrubbed out of the paperwork to acknowledge confidentiality agreements.

The entirety of the reports contents has been left open for interpretation. Shark Watch SA will archive this report, and be openly working with independent marine biologists to summarise the findings mentioned here.

Shark Watch SA will continue to pursue proactive working relationships with the state government research departments involved in collecting and sampling shark specimens from our impacted coastlines to help facilitate the timely and transparent public distribution of necropsy and histopathology reports for these species so that a larger audience can begin to examine the effects of the algal bloom on the sharks biology, particularly White Sharks as they are a protected species and cannot be handled by the general public for analysis.

We are also in discussions to independently conduct our own autopsy of reported shark mortalities to continue developing the collaborative citizen science aspect of the Shark Watch project and adding more hands to the scope of citizen science research being undertaken in the state to monitor the impact of the algal bloom on local shark populations.