The finding could also help researchers produce better estimates on the population of the species, also known as the gray nurse shark.

On the facts, there was no evidence that the population of the species would not maintain itself on a longterm basis.

But because the pre-whaling population of this species isn't known, scientists can't yet categorize it.

The population of this species may have declined for the past few decades due to a series of droughts in the 1980s.

The seamounts are likely to be a source of larvae that maintains the population of the species in nearby, sub-optimal areas, known as sinks.