Mike's app helps prevent Australian shark attacks — but why are they rising? By Sandra Fulloon, SBS News

A migrant from India is helping to keep swimmers safer, with a service that sends alerts about shark activity.

Helping people to avoid contact with sharks is one reason Vasavada developed SharkSmart, after migrating from India as a student in 1999. Like many migrants, Vasavada remains cautious about Australia's powerful marine predators.

"People have a natural fear of sharks, and as somebody who migrated to Australia, I look at the water and I think there must be sharks out here," he says. "Of course, when you are living overseas people are always talking about sharks in Australia, as well."

Mike's app helps prevent Australian shark attacks — but why are they rising? By Sandra Fulloon, SBS News