14 ft Hammerhead shark caught in Brazil – Jan 2015

Conservation challenges of sharks with continental scale migrations

Published on 24. February 2015 Conservation challenges of sharks with continental scale migrations Michelle R. Heupel, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Mario Espinoza, Amy F. Smoothey, Andrew Tobin, Victor Peddemors ABSTRACT: Understanding movement and connectivity of populations is increasingly important as human and climate change pressures become more pervasive, but can be problematic in difficult to observe

2014 Summary of the Shark Fishing Program in Réunion Island

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 27. February 2015 About 60 sharks killed in Réunion Island’s fishing program in 2014 Last September, we published a post about the protective shark fishing programs ‘Cap Requin’and ‘Valo Requins’ in Réunion Island. The related article can be found here: 29th Shark killed on Drumline in Reunion Island. The

Analysis of fine-scale daily movement patterns of juvenile smalltooth sawfish within a nursery habitat

Published online on 20. February 2015 Analysis of fine-scale daily movement patterns of juvenile Pristis pectinata within a nursery habitat Lisa D. Hollensead, R. Dean Grubbs, John K. Carlson, Dana M. Bethea ABSTRACT: Habitat use studies can be used to investigate ecological and behavioural patterns of animals and serve as useful tools for conservation planners.

Video: 700 lbs Mako shark reeled in off Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, Florida

Gill morphometrics of the thresher sharks

Published online on 20. February 2015 Gill morphometrics of the thresher sharks (Genus Alopias): Correlation of gill dimensions with aerobic demand and environmental oxygen Thomas P. Wootton, Chugey A. Sepulveda, Nicholas C. Wegner ABSTRACT: Gill morphometrics of the three thresher shark species (genus Alopias) were determined to examine how metabolism and habitat correlate with respiratory

Constructional morphology within the head of hammerhead sharks

Published online on 13. February 2015 Constructional morphology within the head of hammerhead sharks (sphyrnidae) Kyle R. Mara, Philip J. Motta, Andrew P. Martin, Robert E. Hueter ABSTRACT: The study of functional trade-offs is important if a structure, such as the cranium, serves multiple biological roles, and is, therefore, shaped by multiple selective pressures. The

NOAA Fishing restrictions on oceanic whitetip sharks, whale sharks, and silky sharks in the Pacific Ocean

Compliance Guide Fishing Restrictions related to the Oceanic Whitetip Shark, the Silky Shark and the Whale Shark NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office 2015 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

MSC Certificate suspended for US Atlantic spiny dogfish fishery

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification NOTICE OF CERTIFICATE SUSPENSION Sustainable Fisheries Association Inc. US Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Fishery ————— SAI Global wishes to notify stakeholders that the above fishery certificate will enter into Suspension according to MSC CR v1.3 clause 7.4.3.2 on the 19th February 2015. Suspension has been enacted in order for the fishery

Forensic expertise of victims of sharks attacks and bites in Reunion Island

Published online on 10. August 2014 Expertise médicolégale des victimes d’attaques et de morsures de requins à la Réunion Forensic expertise of victims of sharks attacks and bites in Reunion Island A. Werbrouck, G. Van Grevelynghe, F. Landron, P. Charlier, C. Loire, C. Gauthier SUMMARY: Since 2011, the Reunion Island has seen a rise in

Shark Attacks and Shark Diving – Comment and Response

Published online on 21. February 2015 Shark Attacks and Shark Diving Juerg Brunnschweiler ABSTRACT: It is with great astonishment and concern that I read the letter to the editor by Barreiros et al1 in which the authors report an attack by a blue shark on a spear fisherman in the Azores. Whereas the first part

An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores

Published on 12. June 2014 An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic João Pedro Barreiros, Otto B.F. Gadig, Vidal Haddad Jr. ABSTRACT: The blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figure 1A), is a large predatory oceanic-epipelagic species with worldwide distribution that

Characterizing the bull shark habitat in Fiji by the chemical and isotopic compositions of their teeth

Published on 07. February 2015 Characterizing the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas habitat in Fiji by the chemical and isotopic compositions of their teeth László Kocsis, Torsten W. Vennemann, Alex Ulianov, Juerg M. Brunnschweiler ABSTRACT: Bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas use estuarine and riverine systems as nursery habitat. The Shark Reef Marine Reserve (SRMR) on the southern

Subrayado News: Mass Capture of 60 Sandtiger Sharks in Uruguay

Turtle and shark tagging part of new Ningaloo Reef research partnership

Media Release The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 19. February 2015 ———————– The World Heritage Listed Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia will be the focus of a new marine research partnership between CSIRO and BHP Billiton Petroleum announced today. Ningaloo Reef is the largest fringing reef in the world, extending for 300 kilometres