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MSC responds to Greenpeace report

News Release Marine Stewardship Council ( MSC ) 23. May 2014 ————— “Greenpeace has issued its eighth report ranking U.S. grocery store chains on seafood sourcing practices ( pdf ).  Greenpeace’s report downgrades retailers for sourcing species that the organization places on its self-selected ‘Red List,’ effectively calling on retailers and consumers to boycott these

Feeding Habits, Daily Ration, and Potential Predatory Impact of Spiny Dogfish in North Carolina

Published online on 27. May 2014 Feeding Habits, Daily Ration, and Potential Predatory Impact of Mature Female Spiny Dogfish in North Carolina Coastal Waters Charles W. Bangley, Roger A. Rulifson ABSTRACT: Though the feeding habits of Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean have received much attention due to their potential interactions with

FAO sheds light on deep-sea sharks

Media Release Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 28. May 2014 —————– New identification guide series will help fishers improve reporting on bycatch 28 May 2014, Rome – Fishers will have an easier job of identifying deep-sea sharks thanks to a new series of FAO guides designed to improve reporting on catches

Spearfisherman bitten by shark in Wallis Island

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 28. May 2014 Eric Barnabé was bitten by a shark while spearfishing in the waters of Wallis, which is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. The incident occurred in the morning of last Friday, 23. May 2014. Eric sustained

Goald Coast Woman Attacked By Shark After Falling Into River

Fisheries Queensland issues two fines for removing drumline hooks

News Release Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 26. May 2014 ————- Shark control gear fines issued Fisheries Queensland has issued two $1,100 on-the-spot fines for interference with shark control equipment following an investigation into the removal of two drumline hooks at Currimundi on the Sunshine Coast last month. Queensland Shark Control Program Manager

Clever Buoy – A New Shark Detection Technology to Protect Australia’s Coastlines

Optus has joined forces with technologists from Shark Mitigation Systems to embark on an R&D project to develop world-first shark detection technology to protect people and sharks throughout Australia and the world. The ‘Clever Buoy’ uses sonar technology to detect shark-sized objects in coastal areas, in a non-invasive way. When a detection is made, the buoy will relay a...

Shark steaks recalled from stores in Norway

Caribbean Pearl Shark Steaks Recalled   By HACCPEuropa, posted on 25. May 2014 NORWAY – Bera Fisheries is recalling Caribbean Pearl Shark Steaks because the product has been detected with exceeded levels of heavy metals arsenic and mercury. The product was sold in stores in Bergen, Oslo and Trondheim. The recalled product is Caribbean Pearl

Recapture of a tope shark tagged off Scotland

News Release Portuguese Institute of Ocean and Atmosphere 21. May 2014 ————– A tope (Galeorhinus galeus) tagged off Scotland, United Kingdom, was recaptured in Portuguese waters, around Peniche. The individual was tagged under the “UK shark tagging program” (Ocean & Earth Science National Oceanography Centre, Southampton), that addresses 14 shark species. This program is aimed

Occurrence of the narrowmouth catshark in southern Brazil

Published online on 19. May 2014 Occurrence of the narrowmouth catshark Schroederichthys bivius (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) in southern Brazil Hugo Bornatowski, Lilyane Santos, Maurício De Castro Robert, Pedro Amadeus Weiser ABSTRACT: This paper reports the first record of the narrowmouth catshark Schroederichthys bivius from the coast of Paraná State, southern Brazil, increasing its distribution along the

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Illegal trade of aquatic species in the Philippines detected by DNA barcoding

Published in May 2014 Illegal trade of regulated and protected aquatic species in the Philippines detected by DNA barcoding. Asis AM, Lacsamana JK, Santos MD ABSTRACT: Illegal trade has greatly affected marine fish stocks, decreasing fish populations worldwide. Despite having a number of aquatic species being regulated, illegal trade still persists through the transport of

Large Mako Shark washed up in Campeche, Mexico

SA Gummy Shark Fishery: Trials of longlines to mitigate captures of Australian sea lion

Final report – 2011-068 – Trials of Longlines to Target Gummy Shark in SESSF Waters off South Australia Project Number: 2011/068 Published Date: May 2014 ISBN: 978-0-9873286-3-2 Principal Investigator: Anthony Ciconte Description: The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) in conjunction with the gillnet sector of the SESSF, has developed a formal Sea Lion Management Strategy