Brazil: Fine imposed for mistreatment of hammerhead shark

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 10. October 2014 The Environmental Institute of Paraná ( Instituto Ambiental do Paraná, IAP ) has fined a ‘fisherman’ for dragging a live hammerhead shark through the streets of Guaratuba last sunday, 05. October ( other source: 05. September ). The shark had been found washed up on the

Delaware man cited for possession of prohibited shark parts

Press Release Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ( DNREC ) State of Delaware 09. October 2014 ————————- Fish & Wildlife Enforcement reminds citizens to review Delaware and federal regulations before posting fish or wildlife parts for sale DOVER (Oct. 9, 2014) – Over the past 10 days, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife

Residency Patterns and Migration Dynamics of Adult Bull Sharks in Southern Africa

Published online on 08. October 2014 Residency Patterns and Migration Dynamics of Adult Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) on the East Coast of Southern Africa Ryan Daly, Malcolm J. Smale, Paul D. Cowley, Pierre W. Froneman ABSTRACT: Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are globally distributed top predators that play an important ecological role within coastal marine communities.

Contemporary population structure and post-glacial genetic demography in the blacknose shark

Published online on 08. October 2014 Contemporary population structure and post-glacial genetic demography in a migratory marine species, the blacknose shark, Carcharhinus acronotus D.S. Portnoy, C.M. Hollenbeck, C.N. Belcher, W.B. Driggers III, B.S. Frazier, J. Gelsleichter, R.D. Grubbs, J.R. Gold ABSTRACT: Patterns of population structure and historical genetic demography of blacknose sharks in the western

SSACN Newsletter Summer 2014

Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) Newsletter – Summer 2014 – PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Rhinobatos whitei, a new shovelnose ray from the Philippine Archipelago

Published online on 07. October 2014 Rhinobatos whitei, a new shovelnose ray (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Philippine Archipelago Peter R. Last, Shannon Corrigan, Gavin Naylor ABSTRACT: A new shovelnose ray, Rhinobatos whitei sp. nov., is described from material collected at fish markets of the southern Philippines. This ray was first formally indentified as an undescribed

KEYT News: Fishermen Come to Rescue After Shark Damages Kayaks

WA shark examination: Bite marks indicate attack involved a great white shark

Media Release Department of Fisheries, Western Australia 04. October  2014 ————————– Examinations of white sharks complete Department of Fisheries scientists have completed examinations of two white sharks captured after a serious incident at Wylie Bay, east of Esperance on Thursday. The two sharks were transported to Perth for further examination by the Department’s experts. “Based

Calif. Vandenberg AFB Beaches Closed Due to Shark Attack

News Release Vandenberg Air Force Base 03. October 2014 ———————— BEACHES CLOSED UNTIL OCTOBER 5 Release Number: 021014 10/3/2014 – VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. —  Surf, Wall, and Minuteman beaches are closed until Oct. 5, at 4 p.m. due to a confirmed shark attack one-quarter mile North of Wall Beach. The attack wasn’t fatal. Officials at Vandenberg

Woman Flips Out Over Eagle Ray Catch ( Video )

7NEWS: Esperance surfer remains critical after shark attack

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