Interference with shark control equipment at the Sunshine Coast and Bribie Island

News Release Fisheries Queensland 15. March 2016 ———————- Report interference with shark control drumlines The removal of several hooks, buoys and drumlines at the Sunshine Coast and Bribie Island this week has prompted calls for members of the public to report interference with shark control drumlines. Fisheries Queensland spokesperson said with high numbers of swimmers

Largest global shark biomass found in the northern Galápagos Islands of Darwin and Wolf

Published on 17. March 2016 Largest global shark biomass found in the northern Galápagos Islands of Darwin and Wolf Pelayo Salinas de León, David Acuña-Marrero, Etienne Rastoin, Alan M Friedlander, Mary K Donovan, Enric Sala ABSTRACT: Overfishing has dramatically depleted sharks and other large predatory fishes worldwide except for a few remote and/or well-protected areas.

A complete protocol for the preparation of chondrichthyan skeletal specimens

Published online on 09. March 2016 A complete protocol for the preparation of chondrichthyan skeletal specimens S. Enault, C. Auclair, S. Adnet, M. Debiais-Thibaud ABSTRACT: The skeleton of cartilaginous fishes is notoriously difficult to prepare, and the literature dealing with the subject is extremely rare compared to other vertebrate groups. As a result, chondrichthyan skeletal

Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex with the description of three new species

Published on 23. February 2016 Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific Peter R. Last, William T. White, Bernard Séret ABSTRACT: The bluespotted maskray, Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841), once thought to be widely distributed in the Indo-West

Florida: Individual arrested for possession of over-the-bag limit of shark

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ( FWC ) Division of Law Enforcement Weekly Report February 26 through March 4, 2016 (…) MONROE COUNTY Officer Hein was on land patrol in the Lower Matecumbe area when he received an anonymous tip that several individuals were reeling in hammerhead sharks and keeping them. Officer Hein received

Bahamas: Tiger shark killing condemned by BNT

News Release The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) 04. March 2016 ————————– THE BNT SPEAKS OUT ON THE NEEDLESS KILLING OF SHARKS The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) has been made aware of the killing of a mature tiger shark in the Exuma Cays in early March. The BNT would like to remind the general public that

Preparation, anti-biofouling and drag-reduction properties of a biomimetic shark skin surface

Published online on 02. March 2016 Preparation, anti-biofouling and drag-reduction properties of a biomimetic shark skin surface Xia Pu, Guangji Li, Hanlu Huang ABSTRACT: Shark skin surfaces show non-smoothness characteristics due to the presence of a riblet structure. In this study, biomimetic shark skin was prepared by using the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-embedded elastomeric stamping (PEES) method.

Reproductive parameters of the Pacific angel shark

Published online on 02. March 2016 Reproductive parameters of the Pacific angel shark Squatina californica (Selachii: Squatinidae) A. F. Romero-Caicedo, F. Galván-Magaña, A. Hernández-Herrera, M. Carrera-Fernández ABSTRACT: Reproductive characteristics of the Pacific angel shark, Squatina californica, were evaluated from 420 specimens obtained from the artisanal fishery in La Paz Bay, Gulf of California, Mexico. Females

Use of Photo-Identification and Mark-Recapture Methodology to Assess Basking Shark Populations

Published on 01. March 2016 Use of Photo-Identification and Mark-Recapture Methodology to Assess Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) Populations Mauvis A. Gore, Peter H. Frey, Rupert F. Ormond, Holly Allan, Gabriella Gilkes ABSTRACT : Following centuries of exploitation, basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) are considered by IUCN as Endangered in the Northeast Atlantic, where they have now

Tunisia: Basking shark landed at Djerba Ajim