Strongly directional and differential swimming behavior of an adult female white shark from Guadalupe Island

Published in March 2015 Strongly directional and differential swimming behavior of an adult female white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) from Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Ramón Bonfil, Shannon O΄Brien ABSTRACT: We report on an adult female white shark tracked for 288 days and 7,100 km in the NE Pacific Ocean. The shark, tagged with a real-time

Partial albinism in an embryo of the blacktip shark from the eastern Pacific

Published in March 2015 Partial albinism in an embryo of the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhinidae: Chondrichthyes) from the eastern Pacific Francisco Sancho-Vazquez, Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores, Oscar Uriel Mendoza-Vargas ABSTRACT: A record of a male blacktip shark embryo, Carcharhinus limbatus, showing partial albinism is reported. The specimen was caught off the Mexican coastal waters

The effect of biogeographic and phylogeographic barriers on gene flow in the brown smoothhound shark

Published online on 17. March 2015 The effect of biogeographic and phylogeographic barriers on gene flow in the brown smoothhound shark, Mustelus henlei, in the northeastern Pacific Chris L. Chabot, Mario Espinoza, Ismael Mascareñas-Osorio, Axayácatl Rocha-Olivares ABSTRACT: We assessed the effects of the prominent biogeographic (Point Conception and the Peninsula of Baja California) and phylogeographic

Feeding sharks to make a buck is not conservation

Shark Cowboy Randall Jordan Guilty of breaking Florida Fish Feeding Law. Guilty on all three counts. – No jail time. 12 months probation. – Total $1,500 fines. – Must pay court costs $1,800. – Community service. – Investigation costs to be determined later. The investigation costs share could be high. the State Attorney said during

Genetic Diversity of White Sharks in the Northwest Atlantic and Southern Africa

Published online on 10. March 2015 Genetic Diversity of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Northwest Atlantic and Southern Africa Shannon J. O’Leary, Kevin A. Feldheim, Andrew T. Fields, Lisa J. Natanson, Sabine Wintner, Nigel Hussey, Mahmood S. Shivji, Demian D. Chapman ABSTRACT: The white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is both one of the largest apex

Basking sharks and oceanographic fronts: quantifying associations in the north-east Atlantic

Published online on 07. March 2015 Basking sharks and oceanographic fronts: quantifying associations in the north-east Atlantic Peter I. Miller, Kylie L. Scales, Simon N. Ingram, Emily J. Southall, David W. Sims ABSTRACT: Summary Understanding the mechanisms that link oceanographic processes and marine vertebrate space use is critical to our knowledge of marine ecosystem functioning,

Fisherman bitten by shark in Mazatlán, Mexico

Pilot study on behaviour of sharks around Saba using acoustic telemetry

Pilot study on behaviour of sharks around Saba using acoustic telemetry – Progress report 2014 H.V. Winter, D. Vink, I.J.M. van Beek IMARES Report number C026/15 Publication date: 13-2-2015 PDF – DOWNLOAD  

Using pop-up satellite archival tags to inform selectivity in fisheries stock assessment models

Published online on 05. March 2015 Using pop-up satellite archival tags to inform selectivity in fisheries stock assessment models: a case study for the blue shark in the South Atlantic Ocean Felipe Carvalho, Robert Ahrens, Debra Murie, Keith Bigelow, Alexandre Aires-Da-Silva, Mark N. Maunder, Fábio Hazin ABSTRACT: Selectivity has traditionally been well estimated internally in

Atelomycterus erdmanni, a new species of catshark from Indonesia

Published on 01. March 2015 Atelomycterus erdmanni, a new species of catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Carcharhiniformes) from Indonesia Fahmi and William T. White ABSTRACT: A new species of catshark of the genus Atelomycterus is described from eastern Indonesia based on two type specimens. Atelomycterus erdmanni is closely related to A. baliensis and A. marmoratus, being sympatric with

Australian Museum shows off rare Goblin shark