February, 2012

Summary data on Spiny dogfish at Black Sea level

Summary data on Spiny dogfish at Black Sea level

Research on the status of the Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) population in the Romanian marine area Summary data on Spiny dogfish at Black Sea level Gheorghe Radu, Valodea Maximov, Eugen Anton ABSTRACT: The paper presents data on biology and ethology; distribution area, conditions and migration routes; distribution and migration routes at Romanian littoral; distribution and

New York introduces bill to ban shark fins

New York introduces bill to ban shark fins

SUMMARY BILL NO    A07707A SAME AS    Same as S 6431 SPONSOR    Maisel COSPNSR    Rivera P, Rosenthal, Lavine, Roberts MLTSPNSR   Boyland, Reilly Amd S13-0338, En Con L Prohibits the possession, sale, offering for sale, trade or distribution of shark fins. ACTIONS 05/16/2011 referred to environmental conservation 01/04/2012 referred to environmental conservation 02/22/2012 amend (t) and recommit

South Africa: Fishing boat attacked by great white

South Africa: Fishing boat attacked by great white

By Michael Engelmann, IOL News, 21. February 2012 An inflatable fishing boat has survived an attack by a great white shark off Strandfontein. The boat was anchored two miles out to sea when the shark attacked. Its crew was fishing for smooth hound sharks, which are preyed upon by great whites. One of the passengers

Seychelles swim ban lifted six months after shark attacks

Seychelles swim ban lifted six months after shark attacks

Seychelles tourism industry takes to the sea at Anse Lazio on Praslin now that swim ban is lifted   By the Seychelles Tourism Board, via Forimmediaterelease.net, MEDIA CONTACT: Alain St.Ange, CEO, Seychelles Tourism Board, 19. February 2012 Members of the Seychelles tourism industry were seen enjoying the perfect setting of Anse Lazio of Praslin last

Retinal histogenesis in an elasmobranch species

Retinal histogenesis in an elasmobranch species

Published on 14. February 2012 Retinal histogenesis and cell differentiation in an elasmobranch species, the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Bejarano-Escobar R, Blasco M, Durán AC, Rodríguez C, Martín-Partido G, Francisco-Morcillo J. ABSTRACT : Here we present a detailed study of the major events in the retinal histogenesis in a slow-developing elasmobranch species, the small-spotted catshark,

Philippines: Legarda Pushes for Law against Shark Catching

Philippines: Legarda Pushes for Law against Shark Catching

Senate of the Philippines Press Release February 19, 2012 Senator Loren Legarda today called for the passage of the proposed measure that would prohibit the catching of sharks, stressing that the absence of such law could lead to the extinction of shark species. Legarda noted a recent news report showing fishermen engaged in the act

Relative Abundance of Smalltooth Sawfish

Relative Abundance of Smalltooth Sawfish

Relative Abundance of Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) Based on the Everglades National Park Creel Survey By John K. Carlson and Jason Osborne February 2012 U.S. Department of Commerce PDF – Download      

EU pushes for CITES Appendix III listing of Porbeagle Sharks

EU pushes for CITES Appendix III listing of Porbeagle Sharks

2012/0020 (NLE) Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the submission by the European Union of an amendment of Appendix III to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Shark-inflicted lesions on California sea lions

Shark-inflicted lesions on California sea lions

Shark-inflicted lesions on California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) at San Miguel Island, California: A new phenomenon Jeffrey D. Harris, Sharon R. Melin, and Robert L. DeLong ABSTRACT: Shark-inflicted lesions on California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) were observed in unprecedented numbers on San Miguel Island (SMI), California,from February to September 2011. Prior to this time period

Commercial shark fishing in Baja California

Shark tower grants for beaches in NSW Australia

Shark tower grants for beaches in NSW Australia

The Hon Katrina Hodgkinson MP Minister for Primary Industries Minister for Small Business MEDIA RELEASE Friday, 17 February 2012 OBSERVATION TOWER GRANTS FOR LOCAL BEACHES Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson and Member for Wyong, Darren Webber today announced that two local beaches, Lakes Beach and Soldiers Beach will receive NSW Government funding for observation

Shark Fin Soup Helps the Poor

Shark Fin Soup Helps the Poor

Is the Fin Industry all that Bad? A seminar hold by Dr Choo-hoo Giam, Member, CITES Animals committee, UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Shark’s fin soup Also helps the Poor ‘’Each year, 73 million sharks are killed primarily for their fins to feed our increasing hunger for sharks fin soup.’’ WWF Singapore

Divers fend off oceanic whitetip shark


New Mississippi State Record Mako Shark

New Mississippi State Record Mako Shark

CMR Certifies Three State Saltwater Fishing Records. Tim King of Ocean Springs set a new state conventional tackle record for Shortfin Mako with a 550‐pound fish on January 8, 2012.

Lemon Shark-tagging in the Bahamas Feb 2012