Melbourne, Fl – Shark Bite

Surfer bitten by shark near Melbourne Beach BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Brevard County surfer suffered a shark bite Sunday morning. The man, whose name has not been released, was chomped on the arm by the shark between 9:30 and 10 a.m. Sunday. Ocean Rescue Shift Supervisor Derek Swor told WESH 2 News the shark

European Food Safety Alerts for Shark Products

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 30. September 2013 EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Notifications concerning shark products from 23. February 2012 to 11. September 2013 Thirty-four food safety notifications regarding shark products have been issued by member countries of the European Union since February 2012. Earlier notifications can be viewed in our

Israel: Shark bites man near Ashdod shores

A 26-year-old worker of the Ashdod Port fishing cages was bitten by a shark on Sunday. The man was bitten at sea while putting his hand in the waters, and was rescued and taken to the port, where he received medical care by Magen David Adom emergency services.

Quantification of maternal offloading of organic contaminants in elasmobranchs

Published online on 27. September 2013 Quantification of maternal offloading of organic contaminants in elasmobranchs using the histotrophic round stingray (Urobatis halleri) as a model Kady Lyons and Christopher G Lowe ABSTRACT: Maternal offloading is one route by which young animals may accumulate persistent organic pollutants, such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), but

Whale shark released by fishermen

MSC Statement on WWF Canada’s ‘We don’t farm like this’ animation

News Release Marine Stewardship Council 18. September 2013 ———————– The MSC understands the concerns about the animation recently released by WWF Canada and appreciates their swift action at the request of MSC to remove it from their media channels. The MSC did not participate in the creation of the animation, nor does it endorse it.

XX/XO, a rare sex chromosome system in Potamotrygon freshwater stingray

Published online on 26. September 2013 XX/XO, a rare sex chromosome system in Potamotrygon freshwater stingray from the Amazon Basin, Brazil Francisco Carlos de Souza Valentim, Jorge Ivan Rebelo Porto, Luiz Antonio Carlos Bertollo, Maria Claudia Gross, Eliana Feldberg ABSTRACT: Potamotrygonidae is a representative family of South American freshwater elasmobranchs. Cytogenetic studies were performed in

Abundances of Sharks and Chimaera in the Central Mediterranean Sea

Published on 23. September 2013 Abundances of Demersal Sharks and Chimaera from 1994-2009 Scientific Surveys in the Central Mediterranean Sea Sergio Ragonese, Sergio Vitale, Mark Dimech, Salvatore Mazzola ABSTRACT: Bibliographic and data gathered in scientific bottom trawl surveys carried out off the Southern Coasts of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea), from 1994 to 2009 and between a

Closure of Commercial Management Groups for LCS, hammerheads, blacknose and non-blacknose SCS in Atlantic region

News Release NOAA Fisheries 25. September 2013 ————————— NMFS Announces Closure of the Commercial Aggregated Large Coastal Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Blacknose Shark, and Non-Blacknose Small Coastal Shark Management Groups in the Atlantic Region Commercial shark dealer reports indicate that the landings for the commercial Atlantic aggregated large coastal shark (LCS) and blacknose shark management groups

Shark antibodies could provide key to targeting breast cancer

News Release University of Aberdeen 26. September 2013 Aberdeen scientists are investigating if antibodies found naturally in sharks could be used to target breast cancer. AICR, the Scottish cancer research charity, has awarded biologists from the University of Aberdeen a grant of over £200,000 to analyse if IgNAR – a special antibody found only in

India: Policy Circular on Shark Finning Prohibition

Shark Year Magazine, 26. September 2013 Below is a copy of the official Policy Circular regarding the prohibition of ‘finning’ of sharks at Sea. Please see also the related Press Release by India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests here. —

7 year old bitten by shark in ankle deep water

Doctors say Child’s Bites Consistent with Shark Attack   By Heather Kretzer Posted: Sep 25, 2013 The Bay County Sheriff’s Office confirms that Ethan Hand, 7 of Smyrna, GA, was transported to the hospital after a shark bite Wednesday morning. It happened at Beach Access 16, 7817 Surf Drive. Doctors believe the wounds are consistent

Population Expansion and Genetic Structure in Carcharhinus brevipinna

Published on 25. September 2013 Population Expansion and Genetic Structure in Carcharhinus brevipinna in the Southern Indo-Pacific Pascal T. Geraghty, Jane E. Williamson, William G. Macbeth, Sabine P. Wintner, Alastair V. Harry, Jennifer R. Ovenden, Michael R. Gillings ABSTRACT: Background Quantifying genetic diversity and metapopulation structure provides insights into the evolutionary history of a species

Smalltooth sandtiger shark found washed up on French beach

Effects of trophic ecology and habitat use on maternal transfer of contaminants in lamniform sharks

Published in September 2013 Effects of trophic ecology and habitat use on maternal transfer of contaminants in four species of young of the year lamniform sharks Kady Lyons, Aaron Carlisle, Antonella Preti, Christopher Mull, Mary Blasius, John O’Sullivan, Chuck Winkler, Christopher G. Lowe ABSTRACT: Organic contaminant and total mercury concentrations were compared in four species