Shark Smart Marina Initiative

June 2012, TO THE INDUSTRY: The national Shark Free Marina movement is sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States, Pew Environmental Group, and supported by Guy Harvey, and Doug Olander of Sport Fishing Magazine. The effort is to have marinas register as being “shark free” and not allowing any shark to be brought

Shark chomps on Kauai man’s foot

Lihue resident Steve Stotts is out of the hospital recovering after quite the surf story Monday. “The waves were chest high, just barely enough to get out have some fun on, none else was out,” he recalls. He was surfing with his wife Rachel about 100 yards offshore at a spot known as Gillin’s at

News Video: Shark Attacks Surfer in Streaky Bay SA

Dismantling media produced fear toward predators

Running head: PREDATOR RELATIONS IN THE MEDIA Dismantling media produced fear toward predators By Nicole Pavla Schafer University of Otago 2011 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Growth Rates of the Port Jackson shark in Southern Australia

Published online on 01. August 2012 Comparative rates of growth of the Port Jackson shark throughout its southern Australian range Christopher Izzo and Kate R. Rodda ABSTRACT: Port Jackson sharks are distributed throughout southern Australia, with evidence suggesting that potential subpopulations exist. If subpopulations are evident, then phenotypic variation among groups should result in differences

Heavy Infection of the Round Ribbontail Ray with Marine Leech

Published in July 2012 Heavy Infection of the Round Ribbontail Ray Taeniura meyeni with Stibarobdella macrothela (Annelida: Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) Takeo Yamauchi and Yuzo Ota ABSTRACT: Thirty-three juveniles of the piscicolid leech Stibarobdella macrothela were found infecting a round ribbontail ray, Taeniura meyeni, from Micronesia. Taeniura meyeni is a new host for S. macrothela. The findings