August, 2019

Shark Safe Barrier™ tested at popular beach resort on La Réunion Island

Shark Safe Barrier™ tested at popular beach resort on La Réunion Island

News Release Stellenbosch University, South AfricaAuthor: Wiida Fourie-Basson 29. August 2019 —— —- —- —– —– —– —– Shark-deterrent technology developed by a team from Stellenbosch University is now being tested of the coast of La Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The Shark Safe Barrier™ is the most advanced shark-specific deterrent technology currently available

An Open Letter On Ending Shark Fishing Tournaments

An Open Letter On Ending Shark Fishing Tournaments

By Briar Lee Mitchell, EdD I write this letter to you, in all hopes, that you will help end shark fishing competitions for extremely good reasons. At tournaments sharks are slaughtered for prize money and bragging rights for the fisherman who kills the biggest animal. Each contest has between a few dozen to several hundred

Video: Large Lamnid Shark spotted off Russia

180 kg of Shark Fins Seized in Hong Kong

180 kg of Shark Fins Seized in Hong Kong

Press Release The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 24. August 2019 — — — — — — — — — — Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected scheduled dried shark fin and dried seahorse Hong Kong Customs yesterday (August 23) seized about 180 kilograms of suspected scheduled dried shark fin and 500 grams

Shark Fin Regulations in the United States

Shark Fin Regulations in the United States

Shark Fin Regulations in the United States: Animal Welfare, Cultural, and Policy Considerations John Chung-En Liu, Brandon Gertz, Naomi Newman ABSTRACT: Sharks play critical roles in the marine ecosystem, and they face serious threats due to overfishing. Conservation efforts have focused on the consumption of shark fins, especially the “finning” practice that removes the fins

Hawaii: Woman bitten by shark in Kealakekua Bay

Hawaii: Woman bitten by shark in Kealakekua Bay

Media Release Hawaii Police Department Kona Patrol, Area II 20. August 2019 —– —- —- —- —- —- —- —- On (August 20) at approximately 8:00 a.m., a 27-year-old female reported that she was bitten by a shark while swimming in waters off of Napoopoo Park in Kealakekua Bay. She received injuries to her lower

Results of the 2019 Yarmouth Shark Scramble

Results of the 2019 Yarmouth Shark Scramble

Date: 14th to 17th of August 2019Location: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. According to the organizer, a field of 116 anglers on 15 vessels participated in the annual Yarmouth Shark Scramble last week. The fishing vessels departed on August 14th and returned to the dock on August 17th to off-load and register their catch. The landed

Element composition of shark vertebrae shows promise as a natural tag

Element composition of shark vertebrae shows promise as a natural tag

Element composition of shark vertebrae shows promise as a natural tag J. C. A. Pistevos, P. Reis-Santos, C. Izzo, B. M. Gillanders ABSTRACT: Reconstructing movements and environmental histories of sharks may be possible by using the element composition of vertebrae, but unlocking such possibilities requires an understanding of the effects of extrinsic and intrinsic factors

WA surfers switch on to scientifically proven personal shark deterrents

WA surfers switch on to scientifically proven personal shark deterrents

Media Release Department of Fisheries, Western Australia 10. August 2019 — — — — — — — — — — —​ New campaign to encourage more surfers to purchase a scientifically proven personal shark deterrent Surfers and divers save $200 with Government rebate About 570 surfers among more than 3,700 Western Australians to purchase a

Blue Sharks Use Eddies for Fast Track to Food

Blue Sharks Use Eddies for Fast Track to Food

News Release Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 07. August 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — Blue sharks use large, swirling ocean currents, known as eddies, to fast-track their way down to feed in the ocean twilight zone—a layer of the ocean between 200 and 1000 meters deep containing the largest

Mesoscale eddies release pelagic sharks from thermal constraints

Mesoscale eddies release pelagic sharks from thermal constraints

Mesoscale eddies release pelagic sharks from thermal constraints to foraging in the ocean twilight zone Camrin D. Braun, Peter Gaube, Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor, Gregory B. Skomal, and Simon R. Thorrold ABSTRACT: Mesoscale eddies are critical components of the ocean’s “internal weather” system. Mixing and stirring by eddies exerts significant control on biogeochemical fluxes in the

Reproductive biology, multiple paternity and polyandry of the bull shark

Reproductive biology, multiple paternity and polyandry of the bull shark

Reproductive biology, multiple paternity and polyandry of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas Agathe Pirog, Hélène Magalon, Thomas Poirout, Sébastien Jaquemet ABSTRACT: To improve understanding of bull shark Carcharhinus leucas reproductive biology, we analysed reproductive traits from 118 bull sharks caught along Reunion Island coasts (Western Indian Ocean), including 16 gravid females. Specific microsatellite loci were

Bright Green Biofluorescence in Sharks Derives from Bromo-Kynurenine Metabolism

Bright Green Biofluorescence in Sharks Derives from Bromo-Kynurenine Metabolism

Bright Green Biofluorescence in Sharks Derives from Bromo-Kynurenine Metabolism Hyun Bong Park, Yick Chong Lam, Jean P.Gaffney, James C.Weaver, Sara Rose Krivoshik, Randy Hamchand, Vincent Pieribone, David F. Gruber, Jason M. Crawford ABSTRACT: Although in recent years there has been an increased awareness of the widespread nature of biofluorescence in the marine environment, the diversity

Global diet analysis of 23 species of chondrichthyes

Global diet analysis of 23 species of chondrichthyes

Feeding together: a global diet analysis of twenty-three species of chondrichthyes on a feeding ground area Mauro Belleggia, Cristian Battagliotti, Federico Cortés, Jorge Horacio Colonello ABSTRACT: A global analysis of the diet of chondrichthyes (23 species) was conducted during one bottom-trawl research cruise in the region where the highest catches of skates occurred off southwestern

Environmental characteristics associated with the presence of the Spinetail devil ray in the eastern tropical Pacific

Environmental characteristics associated with the presence of the Spinetail devil ray in the eastern tropical Pacific

Environmental characteristics associated with the presence of the Spinetail devil ray (Mobula mobular) in the eastern tropical Pacific Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Martin A. Hall, Maria Grazia Pennino, Joshua D. Stewart, Jon López, Hilario Murua ABSTRACT: In the eastern Pacific Ocean, the tropical tuna purse-seine fishery incidentally captures high numbers of five mobulid bycatch species; all of