Endangered Species Listing of Northeast Pacific White Sharks Not Warranted
Department of Fish and Wildlife Releases White Shark Status Review under the California Endangered Species Act. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released a full status review of the Northeast Pacific population of white shark under...
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Police conclude search for missing swimmer – Tathra
NSW Police Force 04. April 2014 A cap and goggles, belonging to a woman who was taken by a shark on the state’s Far South Coast yesterday (Thursday 3 April 2014), have been located. The search resumed this morning...
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Woman taken by shark on the NSW south coast
NSW Police Force 03. April 2014 A report will be prepared for the Coroner after a woman was taken by a shark on the state’s Far South Coast today (Thursday 3 April 2014). About 8.20am, a local woman in...
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NOAA examines impact of tourism and research on white sharks
Press Release National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 24. March 2014 ——————- NOAA examines white shark activities in Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary NOAA is examining potential disturbances to the health and well being of white sharks...
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45 Sharks killed since start of the WA Shark Cull
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 24. March 2014. The following tables show the reported catches made by drumlines in the state of Western Australia from the date of the first deployment in late January to 16. March 2014. The...
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Austrian tourist fatally wounded by shark in South Africa
Media Release National Sea Rescue Institute ( NSRI ) 22. March 2014 ———————– Man fatally wounded by shark At approximately 15h00, Saturday, 22nd March, NSRI Port St Johns volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a...
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Florida dive boat operators face charges of illegal shark feeding
Dive boat operators face charges of illegally feeding sharks in state waters. Investigators with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have filed charges against four men linked to the illegal feeding of sharks and fish within...
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Petition concerning spiny dogfish protection presented to European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Committee on Fisheries MINUTES Meeting of 18 March 2014, from 09.00 to 12.30 BRUSSELS ( … ) 6. Petitions (for information only) 6.1. Petition 0422/2013 by Martin Rother (German), concerning protection of the spiny dogfish This petition...
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WA drumlines: Environmental Protection Authority rules out assessment
Summary: The Environmental Protection Authority will not formally assess this summer’s Shark Drum Line deployment, management and associated services proposal. Details: EPA Chairman Dr Paul Vogel said the determination was not a carte blanche endorsement for any extended program...
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WA Shark Mitigation to undergo full assessment
Shark Mitigation to undergo full assessment. The Federal Government will require the West Australian Government to undertake a full environmental assessment of Western Australia’s Shark Mitigation Strategy.
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Shark Attack Survivors 2013 shark attack summary ISAF results included
Press Release Welcome to Shark Attack Survivors 2013 yearly shark attack summary. Our shark attack information is available up to the minute all year long, so a yearly shark attack summary is pretty much a waste for our purposes,...
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Kitesurfer bitten by shark in French Polynesia
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 23. February 2014 On 20. February, at about 16.00 hrs in the afternoon, a kitesurfer was reportedly bitten by a shark in French Polynesia. The incident occurred in the waters of Huahine, which is...
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WA Government: 63 tigers, 2 makos and one blacktip shark caught by drumlines
The State Government has released details of the first three weeks of its new drum line initiative, part of a $23million shark hazard mitigation program. The South-West contractor (who commenced January 25) has caught 23 sharks in total, disposing...
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The Shark Control Program in Queensland, Australia
An overview of the Shark Control Program in Queensland with an analysis of the 2013 catch statistics. The Shark Control Program in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland is supposed to minimise the threat of shark attack on humans in...
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Hefty fine for killing juvenile Great White Shark in New South Wales, Australia
A man who killed a juvenile Great White Shark by deliberately striking it with his boat at Sussex Inlet has been fined more than $18,000 including court costs. Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Director of Fisheries Compliance, Glenn Tritton,...
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Hawaii considers penalties for ‘harming’ sharks and rays
Hawaii : Penalties Considered for Killing, Harming Sharks and Rays. House Bill 2380, from Rep. Nicole Lowen, would create penalties as high as $10,000 for any person who knowingly captures, harms or kills sharks and rays within state waters.
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NOAA Fisheries and the states of California, Maryland and Washington have agreed through an exchange of letters that their individual state shark finning laws are consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
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Mexico bans fishing for Great white sharks
On January 27th 2014, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) has established a permanent ban on fishing for great white sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias) in Mexican waters. The related text was published today in...
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Smart Drumlines pass first test in Reunion Island
Smart Drumlines on test in Reunion Island: Pilot project regarded as success. Five sharks caught in two days. On January 14th, the experimental phase of the fishing project ‘CapRequins’ has been launched in Reunion Island.
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