Occurrence of the Megatoothed sharks in Alabama, USA

Published on 29. September 2014 Occurrence of the Megatoothed sharks (Lamniformes:Otodontidae) in Alabama, USA Dana J Ehret​, Jun A. Ebersole ABSTRACT: The Otodontidae include some of the largest sharks to ever live in the world’s oceans (i.e. Carcharocles megalodon). Here we report on Paleocene and Eocene occurrences of Otodus obliquus and Carcharocles auriculatus from Alabama,

Study shows sharks have personalities

News Release University of Exeter 02. October 2014 ————————– Some sharks are ‘gregarious’ and have strong social connections, whilst others are more solitary and prefer to remain inconspicuous, according to a new study which is the first to show that the notorious predators have personality traits. Personalities are known to exist in many animals, but

Shark personalities? Repeatability of social network traits in a widely distributed predatory fish

Published on 02. October 2014 Shark personalities? Repeatability of social network traits in a widely distributed predatory fish David M. P. Jacoby, Lauren N. Fear, David W. Sims, Darren P. Croft ABSTRACT: Interest in animal personalities has generated a burgeoning literature on repeatability in individual traits such as boldness or exploration through time or across

WA fisheries officers catch a second white shark after Esperance incident

Media Release Department of Fisheries, Western Australia 02. October  2014 ————————– Second white shark caught after Esperance incident today Department of Fisheries officers have caught a second large white shark, about three metres in length, in the Wylie Bay area, east of Esperance. Officers caught the shark this evening in the same vicinity as where

White shark caught following Esperance attack ( Video )

Fish market surveys indicate unsustainable elasmobranch fisheries in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea

Published online on 30. September 2014 Fish market surveys indicate unsustainable elasmobranch fisheries in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea Julia L.Y. Spaet, Michael L. Berumen ABSTRACT: Elasmobranch populations worldwide are severely threatened due to overexploited and unregulated fisheries. Despite the fact that sharks and rays are captured in fisheries operating along the Red Sea coast

Shark incident near Esperance, Western Australia

Western Australia Police 02. October 2014 Update from Department of Fisheries: Beaches have been closed at Wylie Bay at Kelpids Beach, near Esperance after a shark incident this morning which resulted in a man being seriously injured. The Department of Fisheries is currently investigating and has deployed equipment in an effort to catch the shark