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Smoothhound sharks not overfished, NMFS determines
Published on 29 Jun, 2015 at 6:09 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN: 0648-XD969 Stock Status Determination for Atlantic Highly Migratory Atlantic Smooth Dogfish Shark and the Gulf of Mexico Smoothhound Sharks Complex A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 06/29/2015 Action: Notice. Summary This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of
North Carolina: Two shark bite incidents in two days reported in Dare County
Published on 28 Jun, 2015 at 7:30 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
News Releases U.S. National Park Service ——- Date: June 26, 2015 Visitor Injured in Shark Encounter Avon, NC — At about 11:41 a.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015, the National Park Service (NPS) received a report from the Dare County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center of a person apparently injured by a shark approximately one mile
South Africa: Surfer severely injured by shark in Buffels Bay – 27. June 2015
News Release National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) 27. June 2015 ————— Surfer suffers leg amputation in shark encounter Declan Nurse, NSRI Knysna deputy station station commander, said: “At 14h38, Saturday, 27th June, NSRI Knysna duty crew were activated following reports of a surfer bitten by a shark while surfing at Buffels Bay, between Knysna and
South Africa: Surfer survives shark encounter in Plettenberg Bay – 26. June 2015
Published on 28 Jun, 2015 at 3:51 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) 26. June 2015 ————— Young man survives shark encounter Deon Truter, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said: “At 17h10, Friday, 26th June, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following reports from eye-witnesses of surfers congregating around a surfer in the surf zone off Look Out Beach, Plettenberg Bay. The eye-witnesses
Suspected Shark Incident near WA Town of Denmark
News Release SharkSmart 24 June 2015 ————— Possible Shark Incident at Denmark, near Surf Club Update: The Department of Fisheries is currently assisting WA Police with a possible shark incident involving a 37 year-old Denmark woman, at Ocean Beach off Western Australia’s south coast this morning. It’s understood the woman was surfing with her husband
Florida Keys fisherman cited for possession of undersized shark
Published on 23 Jun, 2015 at 19:42 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management | Viewed times | No Comments
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ( FWC ) Division of Law Enforcement Weekly Report June 12, 2015 thru June 18, 2015 ( … ) SOUTH REGION B MIAMI-DADE COUNTY An officer and a lieutenant were on water patrol near Rubicon Key when they observed two subjects in a vessel that was tied to the
Results of the 2015 Star Island Shark Tournament
Published on 23 Jun, 2015 at 19:09 in Sport fishing | Viewed times | No Comments
29th Annual Star Island Yacht Club Shark Tournament Location: Star Island Yacht Club & Marina, Montauk, New York, USA. Date: 18. – 20. June 2015 According to an unofficial source, 119 boats participated in this year’s Star Island Shark Tournament (other sources: ‘over 120 boats’). It is also reported that a total of 50 sharks
WA Greens criticize funding cuts for shark tagging program
Published on 23 Jun, 2015 at 10:33 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Lynn MacLaren, Greens MLC, Western Australia 23. June 2015 —————- Failure to fund shark network could leave Government with blood on its hands Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has warned that failure to maintain WA’s network of expensive satellite-linked ‘early warning system’ shark monitors in the ocean could lead to the Government being blamed
Results of the 2015 Freeport Hudson Anglers Shark Tournament
Published on 21 Jun, 2015 at 12:55 in Sport fishing | Viewed times | 1 Comment
43rd Annual Freeport Hudson Anglers Shark Tournament Location: Guy Lombardo Marina, Freeport, Long Island, New York, USA Date: 20. June 2015 WINNERS 1st Place Species: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) Weight: 329.6 lbs Boat: Storm King Angler: Jay Saxtine 2nd Place Species: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) Weight: 303.4 lbs Boat: Nansea II 3rd Place Species: Tiger
400 Sharks caught during 2015 South Jersey Tournament
Published on 20 Jun, 2015 at 12:15 in Front Page, Shark News, Sport fishing | Viewed times | No Comments
Results of the 2015 South Jersey Shark Tournament with a review of the catch summary from 2010 to 2015 Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 20. June 2015 35th Annual South Jersey Shark Tournament Location: South Jersey Marina, Cape May, New Jersey, USA Date: 10. to 13. June 2015 With 101 participating boats in this
Dusky Snout Catshark (Bythaelurus naylori) – A new species from the southwestern Indian Ocean
Published online in June 2015 A new species of deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinidae: Bythaelurus) from the southwestern Indian Ocean D.A. Ebert, P.J. Clerkin ABSTRACT: Bythaelurus naylori sp. n. is described based on 41 specimens collected from seamounts in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The new species can be separated from all other Bythaelurus species by a combination
Diet of two commercially important shark species in the United Arab Emirates: milk shark and slit-eye shark
Published online on 17. June 2015 Diet of two commercially important shark species in the United Arab Emirates: milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837), and slit-eye shark, Loxodon macrorhinus (Müller & Henle, 1839) R. W. Jabado, S. M. Al Ghais, W. Hamza, A. C. Henderson, A. A. Al Mesafri ABSTRACT: The diets of the milk