Salmon Shark washes up on beach in Canada

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 01. December 2011 Date: 23. November 2011. Location: Port Hardy, British Colombia, Canada. Species: Salmon shark ( Lamna ditropis ). Size: 150 cm in length ( fork length FL ). The dead shark was found washed up on a beach in Carrot Park. The salmon shark had various external injuries

Records of Sawfishes from Fiji

Published on 1st December 2011 Review of records of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) from Fiji, with deletion of Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 and Pristis sp. from the fauna Clinton Duffy, Johnson Seeto and Tom Trnski Correspodence Sawfishes (Pristidae) are large shark-like batoids with a distinctive flattened, greatly elongated rostrum armed on each side with a row

Shark tournament issues surface in Oak Bluffs

By Steve Myrick, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, 30. November 2011 A group called Vineyarders Against Shark Tournaments petitioned Oak Bluffs selectmen to declare the town-owned marina shark-free. Represented by Sally Apy and Stephen Maxner, the group asked selectmen, at their meeting Tuesday, November 29, to join an initiative promoting a “shark-free marina,” at which shark fishing

Nov 2011 Porbeagle Shark filmed in North Sea