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Hard to fish areas of the seabed may act as refuges for endangered skate
Published on 20 Nov, 2012 at 13:03 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Bangor University 16. November 2012 Marine scientists working in the Celtic Sea have discovered a natural refuge for the critically endangered flapper skate. Many elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) are highly vulnerable to over-fishing, but a new paper in the open access journal PLOS ONE shows that small areas of the seabed that
Spatial Heterogeneity in Fishing Creates Refugia for Elasmobranchs in Celtic Sea
Published on 14. November 2012 Spatial Heterogeneity in Fishing Creates de facto Refugia for Endangered Celtic Sea Elasmobranchs Samuel Shephard, Hans Gerritsen, Michel J. Kaiser, David G. Reid ABSTRACT: The life history characteristics of some elasmobranchs make them particularly vulnerable to fishing mortality; about a third of all species are listed by the IUCN as
Teen surfer bitten by shark off Melbourne Beach
Published on 20 Nov, 2012 at 0:05 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
A 14-year-old boy says he was bitten by a shark while paddling back in from surfing off Melbourne Beach on this evening. Kai Rittgers and his dad, Bryce, and brothers had been surfing at North Spessard Holland Park. “He was out there surfing and he was coming back in, it was dusk,” Bryce Rittgers