January, 2012

Shark Tournament in Tasmania

Shark Tournament in Tasmania

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 08. January 2012 6th Earlybird 1000 Shark Fishing Competition Date: 7. January 2012 Location: Mersey Yacht Club, East Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. Tournament Results : 1st Place: Species: Shortfin mako shark ( Isurus oxyrinchus ). Weight: 167.8 kg Angler: Matthew Charlesworth. Note: record weight for this competition (previous record: 119 kg)

Magnetic study could help to protect wobbegong sharks

Magnetic study could help to protect wobbegong sharks

Magnetic study a potential bonus for lobster fishermen   News Release by the Australian Maritime College ( AMC ), 4. January 2012 An AMC student’s honours research project has found a cost effective way to not only increase the yields of Tasmanian Southern Rock Lobster fishermen, but also protect the threatened species of Wobbegong shark.

Part 1 – Mako Shark preys on Spinner Dolphin

Part 2 – Mako Shark preys on Spinner Dolphin

Shark Fishery in Mexico

Florida Fishing Regulation for 2012

Florida Fishing Regulation for 2012

FLORIDA Saltwater Recreational 2012 FISHING REGULATION Valid from Jan 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012 See article on page 6 : FWC Increases Protection for Vulnerable Coastal Sharks, by Melissa Recks PDF – DOWNLOAD        

Fox Sharks caught in the Mediterranean Sea

Fox Sharks caught in the Mediterranean Sea

Fox Sharks caught in the Mediterranean Sea. Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 06. January 2012. Three recent records of thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) from the Mediterranean Sea.

Free shark’s fin dishes draw hordes in China

Free shark’s fin dishes draw hordes in China

Published by The Straits Times, 4. January 2012 TAIYUAN (Shanxi) – A restaurant in China’s northern Shanxi province drew long queues on Tuesday after its owner offered to give away some 500,000 yuan (S$103,000) worth of shark’s fin. Mr Shangguan Junle, the chairman of Haomen Jipin Restaurants, wrote on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo last week

Australian surfer survives shark attack

Hybrids between Australian and common blacktip shark

Hybrids between Australian and common blacktip shark

Published online on 17. December 2011 Detection of interspecies hybridisation in Chondrichthyes: hybrids and hybrid offspring between Australian (Carcharhinus tilstoni) and common (C. limbatus) blacktip shark found in an Australian fishery Morgan et al. ABSTRACT: Interspecies hybridisation in nature is a well-studied phenomenon, but it has not been analysed using genetic markers in the class

Mercury bioaccumulation in elasmobranchs

Mercury bioaccumulation in elasmobranchs

by Nicholas Kutil and David L. Taylor. ABSTRACT: Mercury (Hg) is a toxic environmental contaminant that bioaccumulates in fish tissues, including numerous marine species. Cartilaginous fish of the subclass Elasmobranchii are important ecological constituents of marine ecosystems, yet the fate of Hg contaminants in their body tissues is largely unknown. In this study, four species

Angler catches Great White Shark in Victoria Australia

Central America united against shark finning

Central America united against shark finning

Central America united against shark finning A new legislation underlines Central America’s united stand against the practise of shark finning. The Regional Regulation OSP-05-11 has become effective on January 1st, 2012.

Shark bites surfer in Australia

Shark bites surfer in Australia

Surfer attacked by shark on NSW beach   Published by the Herald Sun, 3rd January 2012 A SURFER has been attacked by a shark on the NSW Central Coast. The shark bit the 28-year-old man while he was surfing at around 8pm (AEDT) on Tuesday at North Avoca Beach, NSW Ambulance said in a statement.

Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of sharks from Thailand

Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of sharks from Thailand

Accepted 2nd January 2012 Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of six shark species (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Gulf of Thailand Simon Weigmann ABSTRACT: A collection of nine shark specimens from six different species, obtained in 1993 from the Gulf of Thailand, was examined in this study. The sharks were determined, morphometrically and meristically analyzed,