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Penalty for interfering with Shark Control Program equipment
Published on 21 May, 2020 at 21:47 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release The State of QueenslandDepartment of Agriculture and Fisheries 21. May 2020 — — — — — — — — — — — Fisheries Queensland has served a Gold Coast man with two Fisheries Infringement Notices (FINs) after he entered the exclusion zone around Shark Control program equipment off Burleigh Heads and interfered with
The giant devil ray is not giant, but it is the only spinetail devil ray
The giant devil ray Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) is not giant, but it is the only spinetail devil ray Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Stevens, G. & Fernando, D. ABSTRACT: Mobula mobular, a mobulid species once considered a Mediterranean Sea endemic, has received its common name “giant devil ray” based on repeated misidentifications of oceanic manta
Texas: Charges Filed For Sale Of Shark Fin Soup
Published on 18 May, 2020 at 10:39 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
News ReleasesTexas Parks & Wildlife Department Game Warden Field NotesMay 15, 2020 — — — — — — — — — — ……FIN-itoTwo Harris County game wardens were searching the web when they saw a restaurant advertising shark’s fin and shredded chicken soup on their menu. The wardens visited the location and inspected the restaurant’s
Identifying the source populations supplying the international trade of a critically endangered coastal shark
DNA Zip‐coding: identifying the source populations supplying the international trade of a critically endangered coastal shark A. T. Fields, G. A. Fischer, S. K. H. Shea, H. Zhang, K. A. Feldheim, D. D. Chapman ABSTRACT: There is an urgent need for population‐specific trade information for overexploited sharks, as international trade regulations are becoming an important
DNA Analysis Shows Great White Shark Attacked Male Surfer at Manresa State Beach
Published on 16 May, 2020 at 1:17 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release California Department of Parks and Recreation May 14, 2020 — — — — — — — — California State Parks, the California Department Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and Long Beach State University’s (CSULB) Shark Lab announced today that a white shark, commonly referred to as a great white shark or its scientific name of
Fatal Shark Attack Incident in Santa Cruz County
News Release California Department of Parks and Recreation Saturday, May 9, 2020 — — — — — — — — California State Parks Closes Manresa State Beach after a Shark Attack Incident SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – California State Parks today responded to a shark attack incident at Manresa State Beach, one mile south of the
The Economic Value of Shark and Ray Tourism in Indonesia
The Economic Value of Shark and Ray Tourism in Indonesia and Its Role in Delivering Conservation Outcomes Putu Liza Kusuma Mustika, Muhammad Ichsan, Hollie Booth ABSTRACT: As a hotspot of species diversity and fishing pressure, Indonesia is a global priority for the conservation of sharks, rays and their cartilaginous relatives (herein “sharks”). The high value
Methylmercury levels in commercially harvested spiny dogfish from off the coast of massachusetts
Methylmercury levels in commercially harvested spiny dogfish (squalus acanthius) from off the coast of massachusetts George A. Maynard, Zofia Baumann ABSTRACT: Spiny Dogfish are small sharks that are harvested for seafood, primarily off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. For the purposes of establishing seafood consumption advisories with regards to methylmercury (MeHg) content, the
Implications of life history uncertainty when evaluating status in the Northwest Atlantic population of white shark
Implications of life history uncertainty when evaluating status in the Northwest Atlantic population of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Heather D. Bowlby, A. Jamie F. Gibson ABSTRACT: To effectively protect at‐risk sharks, resource managers and conservation practitioners must have a good understanding of how fisheries removals contribute to changes in abundance and how regulatory restrictions may
Chondrichthyans as an umbrella species-complex for conserving South African biodiversity
Chondrichthyans as an umbrella species-complex for conserving South African biodiversity GJ Osgood, ME McCord, JK Baum ABSTRACT: Conservation surrogates, such as umbrella and flagship species, could help focus South Africa’s limited resources for research and management and enhance the conservation gains from marine protected areas (MPAs). Sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes), which are charismatic and
Using fisheries data to model the oceanic habitats of juvenile silky shark
Using fisheries data to model the oceanic habitats of juvenile silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean Jon Lopez, Diego Alvarez-Berastegui, Maria Soto, Hilario Murua ABSTRACT: Investigating the relationship between species and environmental conditions is key for the correct management of highly migratory large pelagic species like silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). This
Record Seizure of Shark Fins in Hong Kong
Press Release The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 06. May 2020 — — — — — — — —- — — — Hong Kong Customs makes record seizure of smuggled scheduled dried shark fins Hong Kong Customs detected two smuggling cases of scheduled dried shark fins at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo
Vision in sharks and rays: Opsin diversity and colour vision
Vision in sharks and rays: Opsin diversity and colour vision Nathan S.Hart ABSTRACT: The visual sense of elasmobranch fishes is poorly studied compared to their bony cousins, the teleosts. Nevertheless, the elasmobranch eye features numerous specialisations that have no doubt facilitated the diversification and evolutionary success of this fascinating taxon. In this review, I highlight
Occurrence of the Young Thresher Shark Alopias superciliosus in the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea
Occurrence of the Young Thresher Shark Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841 (Lamniformes: Alopiidae) in the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea Deniz AYAS, Hasan Deniz AKBORA, Burak Ali ÇİÇEK ABSTRACT: The Bigeye Thresher Shark Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841 is one of the largest shark species found in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. They also have started to be
Tagged sand tiger shark recaptured after 26 years in South Africa
News Release ORI TAG (Oceanographic Research Institute) 07. April 2020 — — — — — — —- — On the 13th March 2020 a day in history was made for the ORI – Cooperative Fish Tagging Project. Our 1 014th raggedtooth shark (Carcharias taurus) was recaptured after spending an incredible 9 591 days (26.2 years),