Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks

Published online on 08. June 2012 The slowest fish: Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Christian Lydersen, Aaron T. Fisk, Kit M. Kovacs ABSTRACT: Locomotory muscle function of ectothermic fishes is generally depressed in cold waters, making them vulnerable to avian and mammalian predators whose body temperature remains high. Paradoxically,

Basking Shark Nearly Strands Itself In Cape Cod River

Venezuela Ends Shark Finning, Creates Protected Area

Press Release The PEW Charitable Trusts Jun 20, 2012 Contact: Rachel Brittin, 202.540.6312 City: Washington Pew applauds action to ban shark fishing in critical breeding habitat Venezuela set forth a series of measures this week to protect sharks within its waters. Most significantly, commercial shark fishing is now prohibited throughout the 3,730 square kilometers (1,440

Surf skier in shark attack off Western Australia

Is the Megamouth Shark susceptible to mega-distortion?

Published in 2012 Is the Megamouth Shark susceptible to mega-distortion? Investigating the effects of twenty-two years of fixation and preservation on a large specimen of Megachasma pelagios (Chondrichthyes: Megachasmidae) Brett A. Human, Susan M. Morrison and Ian D. MacLeod ABSTRACT: On 18 August 1988, the third reported Megamouth Shark (Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno and Struhsaker,

Pectoral fin scooping of a sharksucker from the flank of a blacktip shark

Published online on 14. June 2012 A Rare Use of a Shark’s Fin? Pectoral Fin Scooping of a Sharksucker from The Flank Area of a Female Blacktip Shark Erich K. Ritter ABSTRACT: Sharks react in a variety of ways when sharksuckers attach to their bodies. Here, an unobserved behavior is described in which a blacktip

Shark attacks surf ski paddler at Perth beach

Simon White, WA today June 20, 2012 – 3:51PM A surf ski paddler has told of his “absolute shock” this morning when he was tipped out of his craft by a three-metre shark at Mullaloo beach, in Perth’s north. This news I caught right in a cafe in the Perth Airport as I waited for

Star Island Shark Tournament 2012

26th Annual Shark Tournament 2012 Date: 14.-16. June 2012 (two days of fishing). Location: Star Island Yacht Club & Marina, Montauk Point, New York, USA. Tournament Results: Participants: A total of 156 boats ( approx. 1,000 anglers) participated in this year’s Star Island Shark Tournament.

The UK takes another step to protect endangered sharks

News Release Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) 18 June 2012 Endangered sharks will be given greater protection following the signing of an international agreement on the conservation of sharks, Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon announced today. The agreement, the first of its kind to address the global conservation of sharks, was signed by

Large whaler sharks: study to investigate best management

News Release NSW Department of Primary Industries 18 Jun 2012 A two year study into the ecology, population, movements and distribution of Sandbar and Dusky Whaler Sharks has commenced with researchers from NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) investigating how best to manage whaler shark stocks in NSW waters. The research will investigate ways

Sharks devour large whale carcass

Shark bites child at Ocean Isle Beach

Published by Marissa Jasek , WWAY News Channel, 18. June 2012 OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — A girl is recovering after apparently being bitten by a shark off of Ocean Isle Beach this morning. Emergency crews were called out around 11:30 a.m. Mayor Debbie Smith says the six-year-old girl was in shallow water when

Assessing the Efficacy of the Shark Shield

Effects of the Shark Shield electric deterrent on the behaviour of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Huveneers, C. et al June 2012 Final Report to SafeWork South Australia. SARDI Publication No. F2012/000123-1 SARDI Research Report Series No. 632. 61pp. PDF – DOWNLOAD    

First record of spinetail devilray from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean

Published online on 25. May 2012 First record of Mobula japanica (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae) from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean Carlos Bustamante, Lydie I. E. Couturier and Michael B. Bennett ABSTRACT: The spinetail devilray Mobula japanica was recorded for the first time in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, from a single beach-washed specimen examined at Bahía Inglesa, Chile.

Records of Mobula rays from the waters between Gabon and Angola

Published online on 03. April 2012 Records of rays of the genus Mobula (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from the waters between Gabon and Angola (eastern tropical Atlantic) Caroline R. Weir, Bruno C.L. Macena and Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara ABSTRACT: The occurrence of the rays belonging to the genera Mobula (known collectively as the ‘devil rays’) and