Spiny Dogfish Bycatch Avoidance for Northeast Fishermen

EU Food Alert – Mercury in Fish

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 31. January 2012 From 11. July 2011 to 19. January 2012, 49 ‘food alert’ or ‘information for attention’ notifications concerning too high levels of mercury in marine fish were issued by the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed. In the European Community, the maximum permitted level of mercury

Illinois introduces bill to ban Shark Fins

Illinois introduces bill to ban Shark Fins Full Text of HB4119 Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Provides that a person may not possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin. Defines "shark" and "shark fin".

Fees biting shark fishers in Tasmania

Helen Kempton, The Mercury, 31. January 2012 TASMANIA’S small commercial shark fishers may be forced out of the industry by a massive hike in licence fees. The cost of a South Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery hook licence has doubled over the past 12 months. Some fishers are taking out bank loans to pay the

Study on Sharks and Rays in the Balearic Islands

The ecology and exploitation status of sharks and rays have been studied in the Balearic Islands Press Release by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), 18. January 2012 The conservation level of demersal elasmobranchs in the Islands is better than in other areas of the north-western Mediterranean. A wide study on elasmobranchs inhabiting marine bottoms

Atlantic shark feeding habits under study

By Analia Murias, FIS, 30. January 2012 A team of scientists of Chelonia Association and the University of Marseille (France) chose the port of Vigo to initiate a study on dietary habits and intake areas of Atlantic sharks. As a world leader in shark catches of shortfin mako, blue shark and dogfish species, with discharges

Preserving a Great White Shark Jaw

A new species of softnose skate from New Caledonia

Published online on 26. January 2012. Bathyraja leucomelanos, a new species of softnose skate (Chondrichthyes: Arhynchobatidae) from New Caledonia Samuel Paco Iglésias and Lauriana Lévy-Hartmann ABSTRACT: A new species of softnose skate (Arhynchobatidae) is described, based on a single adult male measuring 895 mm TL that was collected at a depth of 953–1,022 m on the Coriolis

Micronesia – Resolution on Marine Sanctuary for Sharks and Rays

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA – THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 2012 January 16 ~ February 4th, 2012 C.R. NO. 17-110 A RESOLUTION To declare the entirety of the Federated States of Micronesia’s 200 mile exclusive economic zone a marine sanctuary for sharks, rays, dolphins and whales and respectfully request the President of the

Shark Fishing in Manzan Trinidad

Louisiana – 2012 Commercial Shark Fishing Season

Press Release LDWF Announces 2012 Commercial Season For Non-Sandbar Large Coastal Sharks January 26, 2012 – Today the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the 2012 commercial season for Non-Sandbar Large Coastal Sharks will open in Louisiana waters on February 15. In the spring, the commercial and recreational seasons for the harvest of all

Conservation of whale sharks in Eastern Indonesia

Published online on 24. January 2012 Prospects for whale shark conservation in Eastern Indonesia through bajo traditional ecological knowledge and community-based monitoring Natasha E Stacey, Johanna Karam, Mark G Meekan, Samuel Pickering, Jotham Ninef ABSTRACT: The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a long-lived migratory species inhabiting tropical and warm-temperate waters worldwide. Seasonal aggregations of whale

2012 Southern Division AFS Spring Meeting

January 26-29, 2012 in Biloxi, Mississippi Meeting with Elasmobranch Symposium. FINAL  PROGRAM ( including Abstracts ): Fisheries in Recovery ? PDF – Download    

Shark warning website planned in Australia

By Sharon Kennedy (Cross Media Reporter), 25 January, 2012 An encounter with a shark about eight years has led Jack Carlsen to developing a website that would warn people of shark sightings. Co-Direct of Sustainable Tourism Research and Development at Curtin University, Professor Carlsen is working on an interactive site which would post warning and

Spain: Several shark and ray species gain protection

Spain protects 11 species of sharks and rays in Mediterranean Sea. On January 21, Spain's Official State Bulletin (BOE) has announced the inclusion of eleven elasmobranch species to the List of Wild Species under Special Protection (in Spanish: Listado de Especies Silvestres en Régimen de Protección Especial) .