May 14th, 2014

Revisiting the Role of Large Food-Falls ( Whale Shark and Mobulid Rays )

Revisiting the Role of Large Food-Falls ( Whale Shark and Mobulid Rays )

Published on 07. May 2014 Fish Food in the Deep Sea: Revisiting the Role of Large Food-Falls Nicholas D. Higgs, Andrew R. Gates, Daniel O. B. Jones ABSTRACT: The carcasses of large pelagic vertebrates that sink to the seafloor represent a bounty of food to the deep-sea benthos, but natural food-falls have been rarely observed.

Fish Hoek shark exclusion net trial ends successfully – Cape Town

Fish Hoek shark exclusion net trial ends successfully – Cape Town

News Release City of Cape Town 13. May 2014 ——————– City’s Fish Hoek shark exclusion net trial ends successfully The City of Cape Town has achieved great success with its ground-breaking trial of a shark exclusion net at Fish Hoek Beach, designed to be deployed and retrieved on a daily basis. This is according to

Surfers survive attack by great white shark off West Coast of South Australia

Surfers survive attack by great white shark off West Coast of South Australia

AN Elliston pharmacist has told how he was launched into the air after he was attacked from below by a great white shark on the state’s West Coast this morning. The shark, estimated to have been 15 feet or 4.5m long, smashed into the bottom of Andrew “Monkey” McLeod’s board while he was surfing with

Woman wading at Jacksonville Beach describes being bitten by shark

Woman wading at Jacksonville Beach describes being bitten by shark

Woman wading at Jacksonville Beach describes being bitten by shark Mihaela Cosa, 44, needed 21 stitches to close woundJACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. –A 44-year-old Westside woman wading in thigh-deep water at Jacksonville Beach Tuesday morning was bitten on the foot by a shark.Shark bites womanMihaela “Mimi” Cosa, who was at the beach with her mother, was

SAVANNAH, Ga – Shark attack reported off Tybee Island

SAVANNAH, Ga – Shark attack reported off Tybee Island

Shark attack reported off Tybee Island SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Sunday trip to Tybee Island turned into a Mother’s Day that one Richmond Hill family won’t soon forget. While surfing on the south end of Tybee Island, Raeshelle Meadows and her 12-year-old son, Ayden, spotted something gray in the water behind Ayden’s surfboard. They believed