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Delineation and mapping of coastal shark habitat within a shallow lagoonal estuary

Published on 12. April 2018 Delineation and mapping of coastal shark habitat within a shallow lagoonal estuary Charles W. Bangley, Lee Paramore, Simon Dedman, Roger A. Rulifson ABSTRACT: Estuaries function as important nursery and foraging habitats for many coastal species, including highly migratory sharks. Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, is one of the largest estuaries in

The potential of shark bone powder in breast cancer inhibition

Published on 06. April 2018 The potential of shark bone powder in breast cancer inhibition (pre-clinical study in DMBA-Induced Sprague Dawly Rats) S H Bintari, S Parman, M Dafip ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is a malignant disease, which lead to second cause of that after cervical cancer in women. To date, lots of drugs and supplement

Shark bite rates along the US Gulf coast

Published on 22. March 2018 Shark bite rates along the US Gulf coast: a first investigation Raid W. Amin, Erich K. Ritter, Bethany A. Bonell ABSTRACT: The Gulf of Mexico is recognized as being home to all the shark species commonly involved in incidents with humans. SatScanTM, a spatial and spacetime statistical tool, was used

734 pounds of shark seized by US Coast Guard

Press Release United States Coast Guard 12. April 2018 — —- —- — — — — – Coast Guard interdicts lancha crew illegally fishing US waters CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard law enforcement crews detected and interdicted a Mexican lancha boat crew engaged in illegal fishing in federal waters off southern Texas, Wednesday morning.

A rare contemporary record of the Critically Endangered Ganges shark

Published on 03. April 2018 A rare contemporary record of the Critically Endangered Ganges shark Glyphis gangeticus R. W. Jabado, P. M. Kyne, E. Nazareth, D. N. Sutaria ABSTRACT: The first record of the Ganges shark Glyphis gangeticus from anywhere in its range in over a decade is reported from the Arabian Sea. One female

Characterization of large basking shark aggregations in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Published on 07. March 2018 Characterization of large basking shark Cetorhinus maximus aggregations in the western North Atlantic Ocean L. M. Crowe, O. O’brien, T. H. Curtis, S. M. Leiter, R. D. Kenney, P. Duley, S. D. Kraus ABSTRACT: Cetorhinus maximus aggregations recorded during extensive aerial survey efforts off the north‐eastern United States between 1980

South Africa: Shark incident at Cape St Francis

Press Release National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) 03. April 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — — Stuart Obray, NSRI St Francis Bay deputy station commander, said: NSRI, Municipal lifeguards and local authorities at St Francis Bay and Cape St Francis are urging bathers surfers, paddlers to not enter the

Basking Sharks Gather in Large Groups off Northeast U.S. Coast

Press Release Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) 29. March 2018 — — — — — — — — Group Sightings are Fairly Rare Groups of basking sharks ranging from as few as 30 to nearly 1,400 individual animals have been observed aggregating in waters from Nova Scotia to Long Island. While individual sightings are fairly

Seasonal aggregations of sharks near coastal power plants in Israel

Published on 12. March 2018 Seasonal aggregations of sharks near coastal power plants in Israel: an emerging phenomenon Adi Barash, Renanel Pickholtz, Eliezer Pickholtz, Leon Blaustein, Gil Rilov ABSTRACT: Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea are at extremely high risk, and their populations are rapidly declining. In the Eastern Mediterranean along the Israeli coastline, anecdotal observations

Habitat geography around Hawaii influences tiger shark spatial behaviour and shark bite risk at ocean recreation sites

Published online on 21. March 2018 Habitat geography around Hawaii’s oceanic islands influences tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) spatial behaviour and shark bite risk at ocean recreation sites Carl G. Meyer, James M. Anderson, Daniel M. Coffey, Melanie R. Hutchinson, Mark A. Royer, Kim N. Holland ABSTRACT: We compared tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) spatial behaviour among

Diet and trophic level of the longnose spurdog around the Maltese Islands

Published online on 15. March 2018 Diet and trophic level of the longnose spurdog, Squalus blainville (Risso, 1826) in the 25-nautical mile Fisheries Management Zone around the Maltese Islands L.Bonnici, J.J.Bonello, P.J.Schembri ABSTRACT: The longnose spurdog, Squalus blainville (Risso, 1826), is reported to feed on bony fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans but misidentifications have resulted in

Hawaii: Shark incident near Kikaua Point

Media Release Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) 31. March 2018 — — — — — — — SHARK INCIDENT CLOSES KUKIO BEACH At about 0930 this morning the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources was notified by the Hawaii County Fire Department of a shark incident near Kikaua Point fronting Kukio Resort. A