US Atlantic Dogfish Fishery Close to MSC Certification

The United States Atlantic Fishery for Spiny Dogfis.h Marine Stewardship Council Certification. Certification Body: Moody Marine Ltd. Announcement of Determination and Release of the Final Report for Stakeholder Consultation.

Marine park with whale shark and adjacent to sardine fishery

Published online in July 2012 Marine park with whale shark and adjacent to sardine fishery Victor S. Soliman, Raul B. Burce ABSTRACT: The aim of balance between conservation and capture fishery is understood yet elusive. In a coastal town in the Philippines, Donsol, considered the “whale shark capital of the world”, its coast also supports

Maldives Sharkwatch Report for 2009 – 2010

Published online in July 2012 Maldives Sharkwatch Report for 2009 – 2010 Mohamed Ushan, Elizabeth Wood, Mariyam Saleem, Shahaama A. Sattar ABSTRACT: Sharks are top predators playing an important ecological role on coral reefs. Due to their slow growth, late maturity and low fecundity, many sharks are very vulnerable to over-exploitation. Historically fished in the

Survey on reef shark abundance in the Western Indian Ocean

Published online in July 2012 Comparative abundance of reef sharks in the Western Indian Ocean Chris Clarke, James Lea and Rupert Ormond ABSTRACT: Surveys were conducted over a four year period to assess the abundance of sharks at various remote coral reefs in the Western Indian Ocean, including the Jeddah region of the Red Sea;

First documented record of the silky shark in Italian waters

Published in June 2012 Record of Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron in Müller & Henle, 1839), in Italian waters (Ligurian Sea, Northwestern Mediterranean) Garibaldi F. & Orsi Relini L. ABSTRACT: A specimen of the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron in Müller & Henle, 1839), male, 209 cm TL, was caught off Sanremo, in the Ligurian Sea (Northwestern

An aberrant extra fin in the yellownose skate

Published in June 2012 An aberrant extra fin in Zearaja chilensis (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) Deli Antoni M.Y., Delpiani G.E., Delpiani S.M., Mabragaña E. & Díaz de Astarloa J.M. ABSTRACT: The first case of an aberrant extra fin in a specimen of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848), caught off Patagonian waters, Argentine Sea, is reported here. Cybium 2012,

Fiji: More monitoring needed to adress shark vulnerability

Press Release Fiji Ministry of Information July 16 2012 MORE MONITORING NEEDED TO ADRESS SHARK VULNERABILITY The vulnerability of shark species and their depleting status in the region has become an area of priority analysis for Fiji and the Oceania Fisheries Programme or OFP. Stock assessments of the status of silky shark and oceanic white

Calgary city council to draft shark fin ban bylaw

July 16, 2012   Calgary city council has voted 13-2 to draw up a bylaw to ban the distribution and sale of shark fins. The City of Calgary City Clerk’s Office NOTICE OF MOTION NM 2012-32 2012 07 16 RE: Shark Finning Alderman Pincott WHEREAS, The City of Calgary is a recognized leader in environmental

Four new deep water skates from the southwest Pacific

Published in June 2012 New deep water skates of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajoidei, Arhynchobatidae) from the southwest Pacific Bernard Séret and Peter R. Last ABSTRACT: Four new skates of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 are described from the rarely accessed, deep waters off New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji islands, and the Norfolk Ridge.

Tagged Common Skate Recapture in UK

News Release Marine Management Organisation 13. July 2012 Skate research success A project to understand the population and movements of skate has recorded its first tagged fish thanks to a South West fisherman. A skate, tagged and released as part of a Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) research programme, was caught 197

World Record Silvertip Shark caught in East Africa

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 16. July 2012 Date: 16. November 2011. Location: Latham Island, Tanzania. Species: Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus). Weight: 186.20 kg ( 410 lbs 7 oz ). In last November, Andrea Pellegrini caught a record-sized silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) while fishing aboard the „Boomerang“ near Latham Island, which is located about 45

WA to look at white shark protection status after 5th fatal attack

Ministerial Media Statement Norman Moore Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Fisheries; Electoral Affairs Sun 15 July, 2012 WA to look at white shark protection status Portfolio: Fisheries Fisheries Minister to seek Federal Govt research on white shark protection WA dealing with an unprecedented spate of shark attack fatalities Call for a review of the protection

Response to fatal shark attack south of Wedge Island

Department of Fisheries Western Australia Media Release Saturday 14 July 2012 The Department of Fisheries has been assisting WA Police, to investigate and follow up today’s fatal shark attack north of Lancelin, which occurred around 9am. A surfer was taken by what is believed to have been a white shark, while he was surfing approximately

News Video: Surfer in Australia killed in Shark Attack

Surfer killed by shark near Perth

Surfer killed by shark near Perth West Australian surfer killed in a shark attack south of Wedge Island, some 160km north of Perth. The fatal attack occurred at 1pm