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Canadian Company Fined for Import of Silky Shark Fins
Published on 20 May, 2021 at 12:45 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Government of Canada 19. May 2021 — — — — — — — — — British Columbia-based trading company fined $60,000 for illegal import of 434 kg of fins from a threatened shark species The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canadian and foreign species of wild animals and plants that may
Acanthodian dental development and the origin of gnathostome dentitions
Acanthodian dental development and the origin of gnathostome dentitions Rücklin, M., King, B., Cunningham, J.A. et al. ABSTRACT: Chondrichthyan dentitions are conventionally interpreted to reflect the ancestral gnathostome condition but interpretations of osteichthyan dental evolution in this light have proved unsuccessful, perhaps because chondrichthyan dentitions are equally specialized, or else evolved independently. Ischnacanthid acanthodians are
An environmental DNA assay for detecting shark species involved in human–shark conflicts
Development of an environmental DNA assay for detecting multiple shark species involved in human–shark conflicts in Australia Anthony van Rooyen, Adam D. Miller, Zach Clark, Craig D. H. Sherman, Paul A. Butcher, Justin R. Rizzari, Andrew R. Weeks ABSTRACT: The number of human–shark interactions has increased worldwide during the past decade resulting in injuries and
First record of a potential neonate tiger shark at Cocos Island
First record of a potential neonate tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) at a remote oceanic island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marta Cambra, Sergio Madrigal-Mora, Isaac Chinchilla, Geiner Golfín-Duarte, Christopher G. Lowe, Mario Espinoza ABSTRACT: Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) play an important ecological role as top predators, yet knowledge of their reproductive ecology is scarce. Here,