December, 2018

The Potential of the Convention on Migratory Species to Conserve Elasmobranchs

The Potential of the Convention on Migratory Species to Conserve Elasmobranchs

Julia M. Lawson and Sonja V. Fordham. Sharks Ahead: Realizing the Potential of the Convention on Migratory Species to Conserve Elasmobranchs. Shark Advocates International, The Ocean Foundation, Washington, DC, USA. 76 pp SOURCE (PDF Available)  

Fatal shark attacks on divers in Australia, 1960-2017

Fatal shark attacks on divers in Australia, 1960-2017

Published in December 2018 Fatal shark attacks on divers in Australia, 1960-2017 J. Lippmann ABSTRACT: AIM: The aim of this study was to identify the number, location and characteristics associated with fatal shark attacks on divers in Australian waters from 1960 to 2017, inclusive. METHODS: Searches were made of the Divers Alert Network Asia-Pacific Diving

Decline of coastal apex shark populations over the past half century

Decline of coastal apex shark populations over the past half century

Published on 13 December 2018 Decline of coastal apex shark populations over the past half century George Roff, Christopher J. Brown, Mark A. Priest & Peter J. Mumby ABSTRACT: Overexploitation of large apex marine predators is widespread in the world’s oceans, yet the timing and extent of declines are poorly understood. Here we reconstruct a

Europêche rejects EU proposal to restrict mako shark trade

Europêche rejects EU proposal to restrict mako shark trade

Press Release Europêche Brussels, 21. December 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — — The European fishing industry represented by Europêche opposes the inclusion of shortfin mako shark in Appendix II of CITES which would severely curtail the international trade of the species. Particularly, the sector rejects the EU initiative

A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus from the Indian Ocean

A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus from the Indian Ocean

Published on 12. December 2018 A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with investigations of its feeding ecology, generic review and identification key Simon Weigmann, Carina Julia Kaschner, Ralf Thiel ABSTRACT: A new deep-water catshark, Bythaelurus stewarti, is described based on 121 examined specimens caught

Eight Shark Species to Benefit from Greater Protection Globally

Eight Shark Species to Benefit from Greater Protection Globally

Press Release Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) 14. December 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — — — Monaco, 14 December 2018– After five days’ intensive discussions, the 3rd session of the Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks came to a

Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii

Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii

Published on 21. November 2018 Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex in the West Pacific Toby S. Daly-Engel, Amber Koch, James M. Anderson, Charles F. Cotton, R. Dean Grubbs ABSTRACT: Dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus are small, deep-water sharks with a slow rate

Ethnotaxonomy of sharks from tropical waters of Brazil

Ethnotaxonomy of sharks from tropical waters of Brazil

Published on 21. November 2018 Ethnotaxonomy of sharks from tropical waters of Brazil Marcelo Moreira de Carvalho, Mônica Rocha de Oliveira, Priscila Fabiana Macedo Lopes, Jorge Eduardo Lins Oliveira ABSTRACT: Background Accessing folk knowledge from small-scale fishers is an affordable and reliable approach to understand the dynamic and diversity of shark species worldwide, especially of

Florida: FWC Commission shore-based shark fishing update

Florida: FWC Commission shore-based shark fishing update

Media Statement Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 12. December 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — At its December meeting in St. Augustine, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved draft changes to shark fishing regulations, including management changes for the shore-based shark fishery. These changes will

AUS: Man bitten by shark – Nambucca Heads

AUS: Man bitten by shark – Nambucca Heads

News Release NSW Police Force 09. December 2018 — — — — — — — — A man has been flown to hospital after being bitten by a shark on the state’s Mid North Coast. Emergency services were called to Wellington Drive, Nambucca Heads, about 7.15am today (Sunday 9 December 2018), after reports a 36-year-old

Hawaii: Japanese Fishing Boat Owner Charged With Smuggling Shark Fins

Hawaii: Japanese Fishing Boat Owner Charged With Smuggling Shark Fins

News Release Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Hawaii December 11, 2018 — — — — — — — — — — Owner And Officers Of Japanese Fishing Vessel Charged With Unlawful Trafficking And Smuggling Of Shark Fins HONOLULU – The owner and officers of a Japanese-flagged fishing vessel were charged in federal