Giant Mako Shark caught off Rhode Island

Date: 24. June 2012. Location: Block Island, Rhode Island, USA. Species: Shortfin mako shark ( Isurus oxyrinchus ). Weight: 996 lbs 8 oz The specimen was caught by the crew of the boat 'Bottom Line' in the J & B Sharkfest Tournament. It's a potential new Rhode Island State Record for this species. The current record is held by...

6-year-old boy bitten by shark off Jupiter Beach, Florida

Boy’s condition upgraded after shark bite Child rushed to hospital after Tuesday incident at Jupiter Beach Published by WPBF 25 News, Jun 27, 2012 JUPITER, Fla. – A 6-year-old boy who was bitten by a shark Tuesday was upgraded from serious to good condition on Wednesday, WPBF 25 News has learned. Police said the boy

Feeding and trophic relationships of mako and blue sharks in the Pacific Ocean

Published online in June 2012 Feeding and trophic relationships of two highly migratory sharks in the eastern south Pacific Ocean Lopez K., S., Barría M., P. & Meléndez C., R. ABSTRACT: A total of 433 stomachs of Prionace glauca and Isurus oxyrinchus. The results showed a high dietary overlapping (PSI = 0.69) in both sharks,

Record of a pregnant Bentfin Devil Ray and occurrence of Giant Manta Ray in Equatorial Atlantic

Published online in June 2012 Record of a pregnant Mobula thurstoni and occurrence of Manta birostris (Myliobatiformes: Mobulidae) in the vicinity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Equatorial Atlantic) Mendonça, S. A., Macena, B. C. L., Creio, E., Viana, D. L. & Hazin, F. H. ABSTRACT: In this study, the occurrence of a pregnant

Diet of the lesser electric ray in southern Brazil

Published online in June 2012 Diet of the lesser electric ray Narcine brasiliensis (Olfers, 1831) (Elasmobranchii, Narcinidae) in southern Brazil Ferreira, L. C. & Vooren, C. M ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to describe the diet of the lesser electric ray (Narcine brasiliensis) in the waters along the coast of Rio Grande do

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Shark Finning Regulation

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels’ COM(2011) 798 final — 2011/0364 (COD) (2012/C 181/34) Rapporteur: Mr Espuny MOYANO   21.6.2012  Official Journal of the

Florida: Shark bites surfer off New Smyrna Beach

26-year-old Edgewater surfer suffers shark bite to foot in New Smyrna Beach waters Posted Tue, 2012-06-26 16:29 By HENRY FREDERICK Reported first by Headline Surfer. Rainy weather on this Tuesday afternoon from Tropical Storm Debby kept beachgoers away from the hard sands of New Smyrna Beach, but that didn’t keep surfers out of the water,

SMALL SHARK INJURES GIRL AT KAHANA BEACH

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES News Release NEIL ABERCROMBIE GOVERNOR For Immediate Release: June 26, 2012 KAHULUI — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is responding to a shark incident reported about 10 a.m. today at Kahana Beach, fronting the Hololani Resort, 4401 Lower Honoapiilani Hwy., located a third of a mile

Anti-Shark Defenses Installed in Primorye, Russia

25 June 2012 The Moscow Times With the summer swimming season soon to start, Primorye officials and resort owners are taking extra precautions after a spate of shark attacks last year spooked locals and tourists. Regional authorities now plan to ensure swimmers’ safety by installing brightly colored anti-shark nets along the coastlines of resorts and municipal beaches. At some resorts, the first anti-shark nets have already appeared. “We

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2012 Lineup

Shark Week’s 25th Anniversary: Discovery Channel Announces Lineup Posted: 06/27/2012 ( huffingtonpost.com ) Shark Week, cable’s longest running programming event, celebrates 25 years on August 12, kicking off at 9 p.m. ET on Discovery Channel. Among the programming is the search for the great white sharks of Seal Island, South Africa … and one in

Dead great white shark retrieved from Dyer Island, Gansbaai

Country Report on Sharks and Rays in the Philippines

PowerPoint Presentation Country Report Status and Issues in the Identification of Sharks and Rays in the Philippines PDF – DOWNLOAD      

Live-bearing manta ray

Published online on 06. June 2012 Live-bearing manta ray: how the embryo acquires oxygen without placenta and umbilical cord Taketeru Tomita, Minoru Toda, Keiichi Ueda, Senzo Uchida and Kazuhiro Nakaya ABSTRACT: We conducted an ultrasonographic experiment on a pregnant manta ray, Manta alfredi (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea). This study showed how the embryo of the live-bearing elasmobranchs

Shark bite suspected at Stuart’s Bathtub Reef Beach

By: Keona Gardner, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers 22. June 2012 STUART — County lifeguards have closed the waters off Bathtub Reef Beach following a suspected shark bite, said Martin County Fire Rescue spokesman Daniel Wouters. About 4:35 p.m. Friday, lifeguards received a report of a boy bitten by what is suspected to be a shark.

Shark species more diverse than thought

Genetic analysis suggests overlooked species, raises concerns about conservation. By Daniel Cressey, Nature News 22. June 2012 A genetic study of thousands of specimens of sharks and rays has uncovered scores of potential new species and is fuelling biologists’ debates over the organisation of the family tree of these animals. The work also raises the