December, 2019

Shark fisheries and trade characteristic in North Maluku

Shark fisheries and trade characteristic in North Maluku

Shark fisheries and trade characteristic in North Maluku, Indonesia M Ichsan, B M Simeon, E Muttaqin, S Ula and H Booth ABSTRACT: The waters of North Maluku Province are known as a hotspot for sharks in Indonesia. However, despite the richness and importance of shark population in this area, information about shark fisheries and trade

Great white shark dies after lunging at divers in cage and getting trapped

Review of Recovery Planning for Threatened Sharks

Review of Recovery Planning for Threatened Sharks

Review of Recovery Planning for Threatened Sharks: Status, Analysis & Future Directions by Dr Nick Rayns – FutureCatch Consulting A report prepared for Australian Marine Conservation Society and Humane Society International December 2019 PDF-DOWNLOAD

Shark nets destructive and ineffective, study finds

Shark nets destructive and ineffective, study finds

Press Release University of Wollongong Australia (Story by Benjamin Long) 04. December 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — — A new study that looks at both the effectiveness of shark nets in keeping beachgoers safe and their destructive impact on marine life has concluded that their use should be

The Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program, NSW, Australia

The Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program, NSW, Australia

Effects and effectiveness of lethal shark hazard management: The Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program, NSW, Australia Leah Gibbs, Lachlan Fetterplace, Matthew Rees. Quentin Hanich ABSTRACT: 1. ‘Shark attack’ presents a considerable social‐environmental challenge. Each year a small number of people are injured or killed by shark bite. Concurrently, sharks and other marine life are subject

Antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from the oral cavities of live white sharks

Antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from the oral cavities of live white sharks

Antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from the oral cavities of live white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in South African waters Enrico Gennari, Alison A. Kock, Malcolm J. Smale, Alison Towner, Nasreen Khan, Linda A. Bester, Ryan Johnson, Chris Fischer, Michael Meÿer, Peter Morse ABSTRACT: The white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is responsible for 49% of shark-related injuries

Indian customs seize 14kg of shark fins

Indian customs seize 14kg of shark fins

Press Release Press Information BureauGovernment of India 26. November 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — Shark Fins seized by Customs at Chennai Airport On Monday based on intelligence that some marine products/shark fins are likely to be smuggled to Singapore a special alert and vigil was maintained by Air

Ecological redundancy between coral reef sharks and predatory teleosts

Ecological redundancy between coral reef sharks and predatory teleosts

Ecological redundancy between coral reef sharks and predatory teleosts Shanta C. Barley, Timothy D. Clark, Jessica J. Meeuwig ABSTRACT: Reef sharks may be ecologically redundant, such that other mesopredatory fishes compensate for their functions when they decline in number, preventing trophic cascades. Oral jaw gape, hereafter referred to as gape, determines maximum prey size in

Environmental predictive models for shark attacks in Australian waters

Environmental predictive models for shark attacks in Australian waters

Environmental predictive models for shark attacks in Australian waters Laura A. Ryan, Samantha K. Lynch, Robert Harcourt, David J. Slip, Vic Peddemors, Jason D. Everett, Lisa-Marie Harrison, Nathan S. Hart ABSTRACT: Shark attacks are rare but traumatic events that generate social and economic costs and often lead to calls for enhanced attack mitigation strategies that

CRD proposes circle-hook, other changes for shark fishing

CRD proposes circle-hook, other changes for shark fishing

Press Release Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division 04. December 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — A division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing additional changes to fishing regulations first recommended in September. The Coastal Resources Division of DNR on Wednesday asked the

Action Plan for Mediterranean angel sharks

Action Plan for Mediterranean angel sharks

Gordon, C.A., Hood, A.R., Al Mabruk, S. A. A., Barker, J., Bartolí, A., Ben Abdelhamid, S., Bradai, M.N., Dulvy, N.K., Fortibuoni, T., Giovos, I., Jimenez Alvarado, D., Meyers, E.K.M., Morey, G., Niedermuller, S., Pauly, A., Serena, F. and Vacchi, M. 2019. Mediterranean Angel Sharks: Regional Action Plan. The Shark Trust, United Kingdom. 36 pp PDF-DOWNLOAD

Aggressive Shark Prompts Warnings on Maui

Aggressive Shark Prompts Warnings on Maui

News Release Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Posted on 03. December 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — (Kīhei, Maui) – No one was hurt this morning, when a 10-12-foot-long Tiger shark deflated an inflatable stand-up paddle board about 200 yards off shore from 1681 Halama Street. Officers

Skeletal Anatomy of the Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark

Skeletal Anatomy of the Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark

Skeletal Anatomy of the Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark, Odontaspis noronhai (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), and Its Implications for Lamniform Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Conservation Biology Nicholas R. Stone, Kenshu Shimada ABSTRACT: Lamniformes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) is a group of sharks that consists of 15 extant species with a wide range of morphological diversity. The most rarely captured lamniform is

How I survived a shark attack in the Whitsundays – ABC Australian Story

Population productivity of shovelnose rays

Population productivity of shovelnose rays

Population productivity of shovelnose rays: Inferring the potential for recovery Brooke M. D’Alberto, John K. Carlson, Sebastián A. Pardo, Colin A. Simpfendorfer ABSTRACT: There is recent evidence of widespread declines of shovelnose ray populations (Order Rhinopristiformes) in heavily fished regions. These declines, which are likely driven by high demand for their fins in Asian markets,