October 28th, 2019

Nippon TV News: Mysterious shark ‘virgin’ birth

Tiger shark predation on large ocean sunfishes

Tiger shark predation on large ocean sunfishes

Tiger shark predation on large ocean sunfishes (Family Molidae) – two Australian observations Marianne Nyegaard, Samantha Andrzejaczek, Curt S. Jenner, Micheline-Nicole M. Jenner ABSTRACT: Sharks are commonly listed as predators of the large ocean sunfishes (genera Mola and Masturus), yet documented shark predation events on adult sunfish are exceedingly infrequent in the literature. Here we

New records of the Critically Endangered Ganges shark in Bangladeshi waters

New records of the Critically Endangered Ganges shark in Bangladeshi waters

New records of the Critically Endangered Ganges shark Glyphis gangeticus in Bangladeshi waters: urgent monitoring needed Alifa Bintha Haque, Sudipta Arka Das ABSTRACT: The different species of elasmobranch found in Bangladeshi fisheries and markets were quantified in a survey between February 2016 and November 2017. This resulted in records of the Critically Endangered Ganges shark

AUS: Another report debunks catch and release shark plan

AUS: Another report debunks catch and release shark plan

Media Statement Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and FisheriesThe Honourable Mark Furner 25. October 2019 —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- A report into shark movements at Cid Harbour in the Whitsundays has provided further proof that catching and releasing sharks will not work in the Great Barrier Reef. Minister for Agricultural Industry

Age, growth, and maturation of the Finetooth Shark

Age, growth, and maturation of the Finetooth Shark

Age, growth, and maturation of the Finetooth Shark, Carcharhinus isodon, in the Western North Atlantic Ocean Elizabeth A. Vinyard, Bryan S. Frazier, J. Marcus Drymon, James J. Gelsleichter, Walter J. Bubley ABSTRACT: Many elasmobranchs display K-selected life history characteristics, making species-specific life history parameters critical to development of the most accurate stock assessment models. Age,

Response of small sharks to nonlinear internal waves

Response of small sharks to nonlinear internal waves

Response of small sharks to nonlinear internal waves Jesús Pineda, Sally Rouse, Victoria Starczak, Karl Helfrich, David Wiley ABSTRACT: Plankton and nekton may respond passively or actively to large‐amplitude, nonlinear internal waves (NLIW), with periods and wavelengths on the order of minutes and hundreds of meters, and the NLIW can cause direct or indirect changes