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European Union: ENVI members support total ban on shark finning
Published on 26 Apr, 2012 at 18:34 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
By Anne Eckstein, Europolitics, 26. April 2012 The EU regulation forbidding shark finning (the removal of fins from a shark on board a boat before throwing its body back into the sea) will be strengthened by the deletion of special dispensations. Political agreement was reached at the Fisheries Council, on 19 March (see Europolitics4389) and
Reproductive biology of the spotback skate
Published online on 18. April 2012 Reproductive biology of the spotback skate Atlantoraja castelnaui in the south-west Atlantic Ocean J. C. Colonello, M. L. García, C. A. Lasta, R. C. Menni ABSTRACT: This study provides information on the reproduction of spotback skate Atlantoraja castelnaui. A total of 232 individuals (119 females and 113 males) were
Polymorphic microsatellite loci in the blue shark
Published online on 20. April 2012 Identification and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the blue shark Prionace glauca, and cross-amplification in other shark species F. F. Mendonça, L. H. F. Ussami, D. T. Hashimoto, L. H. G. Pereira, F. Porto-Foresti, C. Oliveira, O. B. F. Gadig, F. Foresti ABSTRACT: Two to 14 alleles were
Court row over cage-diving permit
Published on 26 Apr, 2012 at 3:45 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
By John Yeld, IOL.co.za 25. April 2012 AN ESTABLISHED Gordon’s Bay-based white shark cage diving operator has successfully challenged the government’s decision not to renew its permit to operate in False Bay in favour of a new entrant to the industry. Air Jaws Africa cc, trading as Shark Adventures, successfully applied in the Western Cape