Overview

• Fisherman Gojko Mitrović captured a juvenile white shark 12 kilometers off Montenegro at a depth of 115 meters, photographed it and released it unharmed.
• The Institute for Marine Biology at the University of Montenegro confirmed the sighting as only the third documented in Adriatic waters in three decades.
• Scientists say the juvenile’s presence offers evidence that white sharks may still breed in the Adriatic Sea.
• The Mediterranean white shark population is estimated in the low hundreds and faces threats from overfishing, bycatch and habitat loss.
• White shark attacks on humans remain extremely uncommon, with four fatal incidents worldwide in 2024 and a single recorded case in Montenegro in the 20th century.