October 29th, 2015

State and County Officials Address Hawaii Shark Incidents

State and County Officials Address Hawaii Shark Incidents

News Release Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) 29. October 2015 ——————– Makaha Incident Prompts Safety Reminders & Accurate Information State, City & County and Shark Researchers Release the Latest With a ten-year old boy in the hospital recovering from injuries, from what is thought to be the 7th human/shark encounter this year,

Long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark

Long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark

Published online on 29. October 2015 To Madagascar and back: long-distance, return migration across open ocean by a pregnant female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas J. S. E. Lea, N. E. Humphries, C. R. Clarke, D. W. Sims ABSTRACT: A large, pregnant, female bull shark Carcharhinus leucas was tracked migrating from Seychelles across open ocean to

Behaviour and recovery of juvenile lemon sharks in response to external accelerometer tag attachment

Behaviour and recovery of juvenile lemon sharks in response to external accelerometer tag attachment

Published online on 29. October 2015 The behaviour and recovery of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in response to external accelerometer tag attachment R. W. Bullock, T. L. Guttridge, I. G. Cowx, M. Elliott, S. H. Gruber ABSTRACT: Behavioural responses of lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris to a fin-mounted tag package (CEFAS G6A tri-axial accelerometer with

AU: New science hub to lower risk of human-shark encounters

AU: New science hub to lower risk of human-shark encounters

Media Release The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for the Environment 28. October 2015 —————————– New $23.9 million science hub to focus on coastal and marine protection Research designed to lower the risk of human-shark encounters and better understand the threats to marine species and their habitats will be carried out as part of the