Checklist of Sharks of the Persian Gulf

Published on 20. January 2012 Sharks of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: a first annotated checklist (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) Alec B.M. Moore, Robert D. Ward and Richard Peirce. ABSTRACT: The first evidence-based checklist of sharks of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf is presented based on appraisal of primary literature and new data, including identifications verified by COI barcoding.

EU project to protect threatened sharks

Published by World Fishing & Aquaculture, 18. January 2012 Open-ocean shark populations throughout the world are dropping, not only due to overfishing but also from inadvertent captures by fishermen in search of tuna. In an effort to protect these vulnerable animals, the MADE project receives €2,980,000 in EU funding and is working to develop ways

Shangri-La Hotels shark fin free now

Press Release Shangri-La Announces Sustainable Seafood Policy And Discontinuing Use Of All Shark Fin Products in 72 hotels and resorts 17 Jan 2012 Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts today announced its ‘Sustainable Seafood Policy’ including the commitment to cease serving shark fin in all of its operated restaurants as well as accepting new orders for shark

Beaches closed after shark attack in Australia

Tourism operator mauled by shark in Australia

Man bitten by shark in Coral Bay   By Aja Styles, WA today, 19. January 2012 A 26-year-old man has been bitten by a three-metre tiger shark in Western Australia’s north-west. Sergeant Graham Clifford said the man had been snorkelling at The Lagoon, north of Coral Bay, about 2pm when he was bitten to the