30th Annual NEAFC Meeting in London

Press Release by NEAFC, 11. November 2011 NORTHEAST ATLANTIC FISHERIES COMMISSION AGREES TO CONTINUED AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MAJOR FISHERIES AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS UNDER ITS RESPONSIBILITY The 30th Annual Meeting of the North‐East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) was held in London from 7 to 11 November 2011 under the chairmanship of the Acting President, Mr

Shark net on agenda

By Lyndsey Wetton, Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette, 15. November 2011 DEPUTY Mayor Kevin Allen has asked City of Cockburn officers to look at installing shark nets at Coogee Beach, in response to recent fatal shark attacks in WA. At the City’s November council meeting last Thursday night, Cr Allen asked for a report on the cost, environmental

New record of a Sixgill Shark from Turkey

Bluntnose sixgill shark caught in Bursa Turkey

Elasmobranch Landings in Ecuador

Ecuador Fisheries Elasmobranch Shark Ray Landings July August 2011

USF partners with Mote Marine Lab to tag sharks

WCPFC Whale Shark and Cetacean Interactions

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) 09. November 2011 Summary Information on Whale Shark and Cetacean Interactions in the Tropical WCPFC Purse Seine Fishery PDF – Download  

WCPFC Proposal – Conservation Measures for Oceanic Whitetip Sharks

WCPFC USA PROPOSAL FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURE FOR OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK

For sharks, it all adds up in Cape waters

By Patrick Cassidy, Cape Cod Times, 12. November 2011 Experts have made the first scientific attempt to quantify the shark phenomena in local waters, and what they have concluded is (spoiler alert): More seals means more sharks. “That’s it in a nutshell,” said state shark researcher Greg Skomal, who gave the Cape Cod Times a

Shark Attack on Joe Ferrar at Bali in April

Shark Attack at Bali but the survivor has put together a good description and plenty of pictures of putting a arm back together after a shark bite

Shark attacks freediver in Reunion Island

Shark attacks freediver Jean-Paul Delaunay in Reunion Island

Field Guide – Major demersal fishes of India

Field Guide for the identification of major demersal fishes of India, by Rekha J. Nair and P. U. Zacharia, 2011 PDF – Download  

Big Tiger Shark in Jureia Brazil

Oceana seeks protections for sharks at ICCAT meeting

Oceana seeks protections for sharks at ICCAT meeting

Ecuador wants to protect hammerhead sharks

Ecuador wants to protect hammerhead sharks

Tagged tiger sharks return to Grand Cayman

Tagged sharks return home as researchers learn more