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Canada: Saskatoon sees no need for shark fin bylaw
Published on 23 Feb, 2014 at 12:03 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Shark Year Magazine, 23. February 2014 Saskatoon, a city in central Saskatchewan in Canada, is currently not interested in a shark fin bylaw. In a report going to a committee next week, city officials say a bylaw banning the Chinese delicacy would be ineffective. The full text of the report, dated 27. January 2014, is
Kitesurfer bitten by shark in French Polynesia
Published on 23 Feb, 2014 at 8:06 in Attacks & Incidents, Front Page, Shark News | Viewed times | No Comments
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 23. February 2014 On 20. February, at about 16.00 hrs in the afternoon, a kitesurfer was reportedly bitten by a shark in French Polynesia. The incident occurred in the waters of Huahine, which is an island located among the Society Islands. A ‘blacktip reef shark’ is believed to be the