February 13th, 2015

SSACN: Tagged tope shark recaptured after over 10 years

SSACN: Tagged tope shark recaptured after over 10 years

Press Release Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network ( SSACN ) 12. February 2015 ———————— Days at liberty record for Tope broken A new ‘record’ of 3,716 days at liberty between initial tagging and first recapture for tope has been recorded by our Scottish Shark Tagging Programme ( SSTP – tagsharks.org) – it beat the previous

Great white shark involved in fatal attack on surfer at Ballina NSW

Great white shark involved in fatal attack on surfer at Ballina NSW

Latest Media Release NSW Police Force 11. February 2015 ———————– Great White Shark responsible for fatal attack – Ballina Police have been told a Great White Shark was responsible for the death of a surfer at Ballina this week. A 41-year-old man, Tadashi Nakahara, a Japanese national who had been living and working in Ballina,

First description of deep-water elasmobranch assemblages in the Exuma Sound

First description of deep-water elasmobranch assemblages in the Exuma Sound

Published online on 04. February 2015 First description of deep-water elasmobranch assemblages in the Exuma Sound, The Bahamas Edward J. Brooks, Annabelle M.L. Brooks, Sean Williams, Lance K.B. Jordan, Debra Abercrombie, Demian D. Chapman, Lucy A. Howey-Jordan, R. Dean Grubbs ABSTRACT: Deep-sea chondrichthyans, like many deep-water fishes, are very poorly understood at the most fundamental