Palau: Taiwanese Shark Poacher Fined $100K

Media Release Office of the President, Republic of Palau 19. March 2015 ———————- On January 26, Palau Marine Law Enforcement successfully apprehended the Shin Jyi Chyuu 33, a longline vessel flagged in Taiwan, for illegal fishing activity in the nation’s waters. The vessel was found with 304 shark carcasses and several hundred shark fins on

Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil

Published on 25. March 2015 Scyliorhinus ugoi, a new species of catshark from Brazil (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) KARLA D. A. SOARES, OTTO F. B. GADIG & ULISSES L. GOMES ABSTRACT: A new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae), Scyliorhinus ugoi sp. nov., is described from off Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil. The new species is closest to

South African Shark Biodiversity Management Plan

National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act: South African Shark Biodiversity Management Plan No. 38607 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25 MARCH 2015 PDF – DOWNLOAD    

Whale sharks target dense prey patches of sergestid shrimp off Tanzania

Published online on 17. March 2015 Whale sharks target dense prey patches of sergestid shrimp off Tanzania Christoph A. Rohner, Amelia J. Armstrong, Simon J. Pierce, Clare E. M. Prebble, E. Fernando Cagua, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Michael L. Berumen, Anthony J. Richardson ABSTRACT: Large planktivores require high-density prey patches to make feeding energetically viable.

Composition of Glycosaminoglycans in Elasmobranchs including Several Deep-Sea Sharks

Published on 24. March 2015 Composition of Glycosaminoglycans in Elasmobranchs including Several Deep-Sea Sharks: Identification of Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfate from the Dried Fins of Isurus oxyrinchus and Prionace glauca Kyohei Higashi, Yoshiki Takeuchi, Ann Mukuno, Hideyuki Tomitori, Masaki Miya, Robert J. Linhardt, Toshihiko Toida ABSTRACT: Shark fin, used as a food, is a rich source of

Shifting elasmobranch community assemblage at Cocos Island

Published online on 23. March 2015 Shifting elasmobranch community assemblage at Cocos Island – an isolated marine protected area Easton R. White, Mark C. Myers, Joanna Mills Flemming, Julia K. Baum ABSTRACT: Fishing pressure has increased the extinction risk of many elasmobranch (shark and ray) species. Although many countries have established no-take marine reserves, a

Louisiana Men Cited for Commercial Shark Fishing Violations

Press Release Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Release Date: 03/23/2015 ——————————– Three Men Cited for Shark Fishing Violations Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited three Louisiana men for alleged commercial shark fishing violations off the coast of Grand Isle on March 21. Agents cited Daie Minh Le, 42, of Buras,

Dead Great white shark ‘starring’ in TV Show in Greece

Philippines: Rare megamouth shark surfaces in CDO waters

Intraguild predation and partial consumption of blue sharks by Cape fur seals

Published online on 16. March 2015 Intraguild predation and partial consumption of blue sharks Prionace glauca by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus C. Fallows, H.P. Benoît, N. Hammerschlag ABSTRACT: The top-down effects of predators on ecosystem structure and dynamics have been studied increasingly. However, the nature and consequence of trophic interactions between upper-trophic-level predators

First record of the electric ray Narcine leoparda in Ecuadorian waters

Published online on 17. March 2015 First record of the electric ray Narcine leoparda (Batoidea: Torpediniforms: Narcinidae) in Ecuadorian waters A.F. Romero-Caicedo, J. Pincay-Espinoza, J. Palma-Chávez, M. Carrera-Fernández ABSTRACT: Six electric rays, Narcine leoparda, were caught off the coast of Manta, Ecuador between August 2013 and January 2014. These specimens represent the first record in

Thresher Shark caught in Mallorca, Spain

Tetronarce cowleyi, a new species of electric ray from southern Africa

Published on 19. March 2015 Tetronarce cowleyi, sp. nov., a new species of electric ray from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae) David A. Ebert, Diane L. Haas, Marcelo R. de Carvalho ABSTRACT: A new species of torpedo ray, Tetronarce cowleyi, sp. nov., is described from specimens collected from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. The new species

Hawaii beach closed after tiger shark incident

News Release Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) 18. March 2015 ————————– HAPUNA BEACH STATE PARK CLOSED DUE TO SHARK BITE HONOLULU —   The Department of Land and Natural Resources and county lifeguards closed Hapuna Beach State Park today following an incident just before noon, in which a 58 year old male

French Polynesia: Child bitten by shark in Bora Bora

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 18. March 2015 On Monday, March 16, late in the morning around 10 a.m., a 9-year-old child was bitten on the hand by a shark in Bora Bora which belongs the Society Islands of French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. The boy was accompanied by his mother when the