Post-release survival of juvenile silky sharks captured in a tropical tuna purse seine fishery

Published on 17. February 2015 Post-release survival of juvenile silky sharks captured in a tropical tuna purse seine fishery Melanie Rhiannon Hutchinson, David George Itano, Jeffrey Allen Muir, Kim Nicholas Holland ABSTRACT: Juvenile silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis comprise the largest component of the incidental elasmobranch catch taken in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries. During a

High Connectivity of the Crocodile Shark between the Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans

Published on 17. February 2015 High Connectivity of the Crocodile Shark between the Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans: Highlights for Conservation Bruno Lopes da Silva Ferrette, Fernando Fernandes Mendonça, Rui Coelho, Paulo Guilherme Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Fábio Hissa Vieira Hazin, Evgeny V. Romanov, Claudio Oliveira, Miguel Neves Santos, Fausto Foresti ABSTRACT: Among the various shark

11 ft Tiger shark said to be involved in latest fatal attack in La Reunion

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 17. February 2015 Local sources have released the identity of the young woman killed in a shark attack in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion last saturday ( 14. Feb 2015 ). Twenty-two years old Talon Bishop died from ‘multiple bites’, one of which severed the femoral artery.

La Réunion: Tribute to shark attack victim Talon Bishop

Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the whale shark

Published on 14. February 2015 Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world’s largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus Smith 1828 Timothy D Read​, Robert A Petit III, Sandeep J Joseph, Md T Alam, Ryan Weil, Maida Ahmad, Ravila Bhimani, Jocelyn S Vuong, Chad P Haase, Harry Webb, Alistair D. M. Dove

France3: Shark kills swimmer in La Réunion

Chinese market responses to overexploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers

Published online on 12. February 2015 Chinese market responses to overexploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers Hampus Eriksson, Shelley Clarke ABSTRACT: Global exploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers to meet consumer demand in China is motivating a rising conservation concern. In order to analyze trends in resource exploitation and market dynamics, this paper reviews global

Reunion Island: Woman dies in shark attack at l’Etang Salé

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 15. February 2015 On 14. February 2015 at around 6:40 pm, a young woman in her early 20’s was seriously injured in a shark attack in Reunion Island. The incident occurred while the victim was swimming with her friend close to shore at a beach in l’Etang Salé on

Unveiling the secrets of long-distance migration of tiger sharks

Media Release Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) 13. February 2015 ———————— Tiger sharks can migrate over very large distances ranging from the tropics to cool temperate waters, according to a new study by researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the University of Western Australia (UWA), CSRIO Marine and Atmospheric Research and

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

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

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

Long-Distance Tracking of Tiger Sharks off Western Australia

Published on 11. February 2015 Crossing Latitudes—Long-Distance Tracking of an Apex Predator Luciana C. Ferreira , Michele Thums, Jessica J. Meeuwig, Gabriel M. S. Vianna, John Stevens, Rory McAuley, Mark G. Meekan ABSTRACT: Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are apex predators occurring in most tropical and warm temperate marine ecosystems, but we know relatively little of

Shark attack deaths down in 2014, UF says

News Release University of Florida 11. February 2015 ————————– Writer: Alisson Clark Source: George Burgess Three people died worldwide from shark attacks last year, far below the average of 6.3 deaths per year over the past decade, according to the International Shark Attack File report released by the University of Florida today. The U.S. had

Texas Game Wardens Seize Mexican Shark-fishing Boat in Gulf

News Release Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ( TPWD ) 10. February 2015 —————————- State Game Warden Seize Shark Boat in Gulf AUSTIN – Texas game wardens have seized a Mexican shark-fishing boat in state waters near the Texas-Mexico border. Wardens were patrolling the Gulf of Mexico earlier today for illegal fishing activity when they