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Shark Week crashes Shark Year

Shark Week crashes Shark Year

Shark Week crashes Shark Year Discovery Channel “Shark Week” crashes “Shark Year Magazine” 11. August 2013 We thought when we started SYM we would go with a large hosting company GoDaddy.com and use one of their better hosting plans. Shark Week caused so much traffic going to SYM the GoDaddy.com servers crashed. It took GoDaddy.com

Shark Year Magazine – Al Brenneka – in SRI Shark Celebrity Auction

Shark Year Magazine – Al Brenneka – in SRI Shark Celebrity Auction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           Photos Available on request   YOU SEE THEM ON SHARK WEEK – GET TO KNOW THEM IN PERSON   Some of the world’s top shark celebrities  scientists, TV hosts,  underwater photographers, filmmakers and conservationists    are on the auction block at Bidding for Good during Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.

Professional Association of Diving launches bottle into the sea off Reunion Island

Professional Association of Diving launches bottle into the sea off Reunion Island

The shark crisis on Reunion Island in a no-swimming area has not spared the diving industry. On Thursday, July 25, the Association of Diving Professionals (GPP), with the support of the Reunion Island Tourism Board (IRT), decided to invite the media to a press conference to take stock of the diving sector to date, as

The USS Indianapolis was bombed 68 years ago today in shark-infested waters

The USS Indianapolis was bombed 68 years ago today in shark-infested waters

Remember the International Shark Attack File says not one person killed or eaten is a “confirmed to be unprovoked shark attack” all those so-called experts repeating ISAF statistics say the same thing no one was attacked on the USS Indianapolis was attacked or eaten. On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by the

Shark bites Hawaii surfer on the day of tropical storm Flossie arriving

Shark bites Hawaii surfer on the day of tropical storm Flossie arriving

Jul 29, 2013 There is always a good chance one will see Hawaiian Monk Seals on White Plains Beach on Oahu. Today a surfer got a little more to see and to feel – a shark. A surfer is in the hospital Monday afternoon being treated for a shark bite after a shark bit his

Shark Attack in Exuma, Bahamas – Nurse Shark

Shark Attack in Exuma, Bahamas – Nurse Shark

Shark Attack in Exuma, Bahamas – A 64 year old man of Fort Lauderdale, Florida is recuperating after being bitten to the left hand by a Nurse shark.The incident reportedly occurred around 4:25pm on Sunday 28th July, 2013 at Compass Cay, Exuma. According to reports the victim was cleaning fish in an area known for Nurse

Reunion Island – Sharks take back the Ocean – Humans Stay out or face fines…

Reunion Island – Sharks take back the Ocean – Humans Stay out or face fines…

An immediate prohibition of swimming, surfing and bodyboarding within the coastal strip of 300 meters from shore in the department of Reunion until October 1st, 2013. In response to a surge in shark attacks, government officials in Reunion Island have banned surfing outside of the island’s lagoons until October 1 of this year. Anyone caught surfing

SHARK FINNING MYTH

SHARK FINNING MYTH

SHARK FINNING MYTH Viking Village presents this brief video showing the removal of the shark’s fin at dockside. The sale of sharks is legal with the fins attached to the carcass. The myth of our U.S. fishermen going out to sea, removing the fins of sharks is NOT true! See for yourself.

Security Camera Video of Attack 07-22-2013 Brazil

July 22nd 2013 A girl, 18 years old, dies in Shark Attack. Recife – Brazil

July 22nd 2013  A girl, 18 years old, dies in Shark Attack. Recife –  Brazil

This hasn’t even hit the news yet, as we learn more we will update… UPDATE 23 July 2013: The young victim ( Bruna Silva Gobbi, 18) died late on Monday at the hospital, due to blood loss and cardiac arrest. The incident occurred at around 1 pm. She was attacked

The government of Pernambuco confirms first death from a shark attack 2013

The government of Pernambuco confirms first death from a shark attack 2013

Pernambuco confirms first death from a shark attack in 2013 The government of Pernambuco confirmed on Thursday the first death from a shark attack in the state in 2013. The report of the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML) confirmed that José Rogério da Silva, 41, found dead on day 28 in Cabo de Santo Agostinho on the

New deadly shark attack in Reunion

New deadly shark attack in Reunion

New deadly shark attack in Reunion A 15 year old girl died. The attack took place on Monday in a bathing area “near the marine cemetery” of the island A 15 year old girl was killed by a shark Monday A 15 year old girl was killed by a shark this Monday, July 15 in

VIDEO: Medical Examiner Says Shark Attacked Korean Tourist Who Then Died From Drowning

New Smyrna Beach has first official shark bite of the year

New Smyrna Beach has first official shark bite of the year

VOlUSIA COUNTY — The shark bite capital of the world has its first shark bite of the year. Volusia Beach Patrol told News 13 that bait fish, murky waters, surfers and sharks are the perfect recipe for shark bites. The bite happened near the inlet, an area popular with surfers because of the waves and

JENSEN BEACH FLORIDA – A shark bit the hand of 50-year-old man

JENSEN BEACH FLORIDA – A shark bit the hand of 50-year-old man

A shark bit the hand of 50-year-old man, causing a minor injury. Lifeguards responded at 1:05 p.m. Thursday to a swimmer they perceived as in distress toward the south end of the beach, and when they helped him to shore they learned a shark had bit his hand, Martin County Fire Rescue officials said. The