August, 2016

Study Finds Shark Fins & Meat Contain High Levels of Neurotoxins Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Study Finds Shark Fins & Meat Contain High Levels of Neurotoxins Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

Press Release The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Miami 29. August 2016 — — — — — — — — — UM research team says restricting shark consumption protects human health and shark populations MIAMI—In a new study, University of Miami (UM) scientists found high concentrations of toxins linked to neurodegenerative

Cyanobacterial Neurotoxin BMAA and Mercury in Sharks

Cyanobacterial Neurotoxin BMAA and Mercury in Sharks

Published on 16. August 2016 Cyanobacterial Neurotoxin BMAA and Mercury in Sharks Neil Hammerschlag, David A. Davis, Kiyo Mondo, Matthew S. Seely, Susan J. Murch, William Broc Glover, Timothy Divoll, David C. Evers, Deborah C. Mash ABSTRACT: Sharks have greater risk for bioaccumulation of marine toxins and mercury (Hg), because they are long-lived predators. Shark

La Réunion: Surfer severely injured in first shark attack this year

La Réunion: Surfer severely injured in first shark attack this year

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 29. August 2016 On Saturday (August 27th) shortly after 5 pm, a young man , aged 21, was attacked by a shark while surfing at the beach of Boucan-Canot on Réunion Island. It is reported that the victim suffered major injuries (left arm and right foot severed). He was

Estimates of life history parameters of the oceanic whitetip shark in the Western North Pacific Ocean

Estimates of life history parameters of the oceanic whitetip shark in the Western North Pacific Ocean

Published online on 10. August 2016 Estimates of life history parameters of the oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, in the Western North Pacific Ocean Shoou-Jeng Joung, Nien-Fu Chen, Hua-Hsun Hsu & Kwang-Ming Liu ABSTRACT: The age, growth and reproduction of the oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, in the western North Pacific Ocean were estimated based

Exploring nursery sites for oviparous chondrichthyans in the Southwest Atlantic

Exploring nursery sites for oviparous chondrichthyans in the Southwest Atlantic

Published on 10. August 2016 Exploring nursery sites for oviparous chondrichthyans in the Southwest Atlantic (36°S–41°S) Diego M. Vazquez, Ezequiel Mabragaña, Valeria Gabbanelli, Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper was to explore egg-laying areas of oviparous chondrichthyans occurring in the northern part of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean (36°S–41°S) at between

CITES Secretariat recommends rejection of thresher shark and Ocellate river stingray proposals

CITES Secretariat recommends rejection of thresher shark and Ocellate river stingray proposals

Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Johannesburg (South Africa), 24 September – 5 October 2016 — — — — —   Official list (only related to sharks and rays) and recommendations by the CITES Secretariat :   Species covered by the Proposal: Carcharhinus falciformis (Silky

CBS This Morning: Ocearch discovers great white shark birth site off NY coast

Modelling tooth–prey interactions in sharks

Modelling tooth–prey interactions in sharks

Published on 10. August 2016 Modelling tooth–prey interactions in sharks: the importance of dynamic testing Katherine A. Corn, Stacy C. Farina, Jeffrey Brash, Adam P. Summers ABSTRACT: The shape of shark teeth varies among species, but traditional testing protocols have revealed no predictive relationship between shark tooth morphology and performance. We developed a dynamic testing

IFAW CITES Briefing Sheet – Sharks – 2016

IFAW CITES Briefing Sheet – Sharks – 2016

This document outlines the CITES proposals under consideration for shark species, and IFAW’s recommendations regarding the proposals. PDF-DOWNLOAD    

Translocal celebrity activism: shark-protection campaigns in mainland China

Translocal celebrity activism: shark-protection campaigns in mainland China

Published online on 29. July 2016 Translocal celebrity activism: shark-protection campaigns in mainland China Elaine Jeffreys ABSTRACT: Shanghai-born Yao Ming, a retired star player with the American National Basketball Association, is the celebrity face of translocal conservation campaigns to stop the consumption of shark-fin soup in Chinese restaurants worldwide. The standard justification for such communication

Two men in trouble for removing jaws of dead Great white shark

Two men in trouble for removing jaws of dead Great white shark

News Release Fisheries Victoria 16. August 2016 — — — — — — — — — — Two young men who removed the jaws of a dead Great white shark have found themselves in trouble with the law. The men came across the 2m shark on the 90 Mile Beach, east of Seaspray. They decided

Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark

Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark

Published on 12. August 2016 Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) Julius Nielsen, Rasmus B. Hedeholm, Jan Heinemeier, Peter G. Bushnell, Jørgen S. Christiansen, Jesper Olsen, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Richard W. Brill, Malene Simon, Kirstine F. Steffensen, John F. Steffensen ABSTRACT: The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), an iconic

Behavioral evidence suggests facultative scavenging by a marine apex predator during a food pulse

Behavioral evidence suggests facultative scavenging by a marine apex predator during a food pulse

Published on 08. August 2016 Behavioral evidence suggests facultative scavenging by a marine apex predator during a food pulse Neil Hammerschlag, Ian Bell, Richard Fitzpatrick, Austin J. Gallagher, Lucy A. Hawkes, Mark G. Meekan, John D. Stevens, Michele Thums, Matthew J. Witt ABSTRACT: The ability of predators to switch between hunting and scavenging (facultative scavenging)

First record of spine malformation of the round stingray off Baja California Sur, México

First record of spine malformation of the round stingray off Baja California Sur, México

Published on 01. August 2016 First record of spine malformation of the round stingray Urobatis halleri off the Western Coast of Baja California Sur, México M. R. Ochoa-Díaz, J. Rodriguez-Romero, J. López-Martínez, M. C. Maldonado-García ABSTRACT: Background Malformations of the Round stingray Urobatis hallerii, Cooper 1863 captured off the southwestern coast of Baja California Sur,

Observations of newborn blue sharks in shallow inshore waters of the north-east Atlantic Ocean

Observations of newborn blue sharks in shallow inshore waters of the north-east Atlantic Ocean

Published on 27. July 2016 Observations of newborn blue sharks Prionace glauca in shallow inshore waters of the north-east Atlantic Ocean R. Bañón, T. Maño, G. Mucientes ABSTRACT: The anomalous presence of numerous blue shark Prionace glauca neonates and juveniles in shallow inshore waters of Galicia, north-west Spain, during the summers of 2014 and 2015