U.S. Actions to Achieve Shark Conservation

PowerPoint Presentation A Backdrop to Recent CITES Action Laura Cimo NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs ELI Seminar May 2, 2013 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Progress and Opportunities in Global Shark Conservation

PowerPoint Presentation Elizabeth Wilson, Manager, Global Shark Conservation The Pew Charitable Trusts PDF – DOWNLOAD    

43 tons of shark fins padded with sodium hydroxide sold

Chosun Daily News, Japanese Edition, April 30th, 2013 ( Translation by Adam Peyman / Humane Society International ) ( South Korea ) – Buson Coastguard issued an arrest warrant for a Taiwanese tradesman and a South Korean food processing company representative on the 29th under charges of selling 43 tons of shark fins, the weight

Feeding habits of Ningaloo stingrays in the spotlight

News Release Murdoch University 06. May 2013 ——————— A new study has shed light on the diets and feeding habits of Ningaloo’s stingrays, information which has never been documented before. “As meso-predators, stingrays are an important link between the top and bottom of the food chain,” said Dr Owen O’Shea, of Murdoch University and the

Dietary partitioning by five stingray species on coral reefs

Published online on 24. April 2013 Dietary partitioning by five sympatric species of stingray (Dasyatidae) on coral reefs O. R. O’Shea, M. Thums, M. van Keulen, R. M. Kempster, M. G. Meekan ABSTRACT: Dietary characteristics and the degree of dietary partitioning by five species of sympatric stingray were assessed using stomach content and sediment analyses

Florida: 16-Year-Old Shark Attack Victim Saved by Stranger

Effects of an Electric Field on White Sharks

Published on 02. May 2013 Effects of an Electric Field on White Sharks: In Situ Testing of an Electric Deterrent Charlie Huveneers, Paul J. Rogers, Jayson M. Semmens, Crystal Beckmann, Alison A. Kock, Brad Page, Simon D. Goldsworthy ABSTRACT: Elasmobranchs can detect minute electromagnetic fields, <1 nVcm–1, using their ampullae of Lorenzini. Behavioural responses to

Maternal Offloading of Organic Contaminants in White Sharks

Published on 30. April 2013 Evidence of Maternal Offloading of Organic Contaminants in White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Christopher G. Mull, Kady Lyons, Mary E. Blasius, Chuck Winkler, John B. O’Sullivan, Christopher G. Lowe ABSTRACT: Organic contaminants were measured in young of the year (YOY) white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) incidentally caught in southern California between 2005

Captures and Diet of Three Sharks Species in the Veracruz Reef System

Published online in April 2013 Captures and Diet of Three Sharks Species in the Veracruz Reef System José Otilio Avendaño-Alvarez, Horacio Pérez-España, David Salas-Monreal, Emiliano García-Rodríguez ABSTRACT: During July to November of 2008, the artisanal fisheries captured juvenile sharks belonging to the Carcharhinus and Sphyrnidae family in the Veracruz Reef System (south western Gulf of

Final US Catch Limits for Spiny Dogfish for 2013-2015

Northeast Region Bulletin National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 —————— For information contact: Sustainable Fisheries Division 978-281-9315 Date issued: 04 /30/2013 Spiny Dogfish Fishery SMALL ENTITY COMPLIANCE GUIDE Final 2013 – 2015 Fishery Specifications Effective date: May 1, 2013 NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service has approved final

Shark attack caught on video – The diver’s air tube was bitten by the shark

A shark bites back, fisherman injured

By Craig Hoggett, The Coffs Coast Advocate, 04. May 2013 A WOBBEGONG shark got a slice of revenge on fisherman Ted Collins at Emerald Beach this week. Mr Collins was fishing for mulloway off the beach on Sunday evening when something big took his line. The 78-year-old keen angler reeled the creature in and was

BBC News – Great White Shark net trials in South Africa

Maryland shark fin law exempts Spiny Dogfish and Smooth-hound Sharks

Md. Shark Fin Bill Supported by Fishing Interests By WBOC16, 02. May 2013 A shark fin bill passed by Maryland lawmakers is drawing support from fishing and conservation interests. Environmental groups have long pushed for shark fin bans, noting shark populations are being decimated by the practice of finning in which live sharks are left

China ignores CITES Appendix III listing of two shark species

According to a CITES Notification to the Parties ( released on 09. April 2013 ), the CITES Secretariat has been informed that, on 26 February 2013, China entered reservations concerning the listing of the porbeagle shark Lamna nasus and the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in Appendix III of the Convention.