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Spatially congruent sites of importance for global shark and ray biodiversity
Spatially congruent sites of importance for global shark and ray biodiversity Danielle H. Derrick, Jessica Cheok, Nicholas K. Dulvy ABSTRACT: Many important areas identified for conservation priorities focus on areas of high species richness, however, it is unclear whether these areas change depending on what aspect of richness is considered (e.g. evolutionary distinctiveness, endemicity, or
A new animal-borne imaging system for studying the behavioral ecology of small sharks
A new animal-borne imaging system for studying the behavioral ecology of small sharks: laboratory and field evaluations Craig P. O’Connell, Caroline Collatos, Nicholas D. Picha, Pingguo He ABSTRACT: The use of animal-borne imaging and environmental data collection systems (AVEDs) can provide behavioral and ecological information of animals that many other technologies cannot usually offer. However,
Possible Fatal Shark Attack in Maine
Published on 28 Jul, 2020 at 2:55 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release State of MaineDepartment of Marine Resources 27. July 2020 — — — — — —- — — Marine Patrol Investigates Possible Fatal Shark Attack The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating the fatality of a woman today near Bailey Island. According to Marine Patrol, an eye witness reported that the woman was swimming off
Jaws boat to return on the 45th year anniversary of the movie
Published on 27 Jul, 2020 at 11:06 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Return Of The Orca 18. July 2020 — — — — — — — — The Orca, Quint’s legendary boat from the film Jaws, is being recreated by the original people involved in the blockbuster who designed and built her for the film released in 1975. Rather than hunting the great white shark,
Results of the 2020 Block Island Giant Shark Tournament
Published on 27 Jul, 2020 at 10:42 in Sport fishing | Viewed times | No Comments
7th Annual Block Island Giant Shark Tournament Date: 09. – 11. July 2020Location: Block Island, Rhode Island, USA. WINNERS: 1st Place:Boat: Bad CompanySpecies: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)Weight: 314 lbs 2nd Place:Boat: Atlantic HunterSpecies: Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)Weight: 275 lbs 3rd Place:Boat: All InSpecies: Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)Weight: 258 lbs — — — — —
Estimating population parameters of broadnose sevengill sharks
Estimating population parameters of broadnose sevengill sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus ) using photo‐ID capture‐recapture Robert Lewis, Steve Dawson, Will Rayment ABSTRACT: The broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus ) is a common high trophic level predator around coastal New Zealand. Data on the ecology of the species in New Zealand are severely lacking and anthropogenic impacts are
Ontogenetic trophic segregation between two threatened smooth-hound sharks in the Central Mediterranean Sea
Ontogenetic trophic segregation between two threatened smooth-hound sharks in the Central Mediterranean Sea Manfredi Di Lorenzo, Salvatrice Vizzini, Geraldina Signa, Cristina Andolina, Gabriele Boscolo Palo, Michele Gristina, Carlotta Mazzoldi, Francesco Colloca ABSTRACT: Elasmobranchs are among the species most threatened by overfishing and a large body of evidence reports their decline around the world. As they
Capture of a Blue Shark by a Swordfish Longliner off Fethiye
Capture of a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chondrichthyes: Charcharhinidae) by a Swordfish Longliner off Fethiye (Mediterranean Sea, Turkey) Okan Akyol, Tevfik Ceyhan ABSTRACT: On 25 December 2012, a specimen of Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) was caught by a swordfish longliner along with 9 swordfish together off Fethiye at a depth of 1200 m.
Provoked Non-Fatal Attacks to Divers by Sandbar Shark
Provoked Non-Fatal Attacks to Divers by Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), off Taşucu Coast (Ne Mediterranean Sea, Turkey) Ergüden D., Ayas D., Kabasakal H. ABSTRACT: On 26 August 2019, two commercial divers, who were diving for the routine check and cleaning of the separate aquaculture net cages, were attacked by several sandbar sharks, Carcharhinus
Armored eyes of the whale shark
Armored eyes of the whale shark Taketeru Tomita, Kiyomi Murakumo, Shinya Komoto, Alistair Dove, Masakatsu Kino, Kei Miyamoto, Minoru Toda ABSTRACT: This report elaborates on adaptations of the eyes of the whale shark Rhincodon typus (Elasmobranchii, Rhincodontidae), including the discovery that they are covered with dermal denticles, which is a novel mechanism of eye protection
A new genus of Rhinebothriidea from species of Psammobatis
A new genus of Rhinebothriidea from species of Psammobatis (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) off Argentina SEBASTIAN FRANZESE, VERONICA A. IVANOV ABSTRACT: Two species of a new genus of Rhinebothriidea have been collected from species of Psammobatis Günther along the coast of Argentina. Semiorbiseptum gen. nov. is considered a rhinebothriidean for the presence of facially loculated bothridia borne
Chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea CHRISTIAN M. JONES, WILLIAM B. III DRIGGERS, KRISTIN M. HANNAN, ERIC R. HOFFMAYER, LISA M. JONES, SANDRA J. RAREDON ABSTRACT: Herein we consolidate the information available concerning the biodiversity of batoid fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including
Tasmania: 10 year-old boy stable after shark attack
Published on 20 Jul, 2020 at 13:04 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Ambulance Tasmania 16. July 2020 — — — — — — — — — A 10 year-old boy has been taken to the North West Regional Hospital following a shark attack this afternoon off Stanley on Tasmania’s North West Coast. The boy, from the North-West, was aboard a six-metre vessel on a fishing
Daily and seasonal movements of Cape Cod gray seals vary with predation risk
Daily and seasonal movements of Cape Cod gray seals vary with predation risk Jerry H. Moxley, Gregory Skomal, John Chisholm, Patrick Halpin, David W. Johnston ABSTRACT: White sharks Carcharodon carcharias and gray seals Halichoerus grypus are re-establishing their ecological roles within the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, presenting an opportunity to understand gray seal movement and at-sea
Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of immature Australasian white sharks
Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of immature Australasian white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Julia L.Y. Spaet, Toby A. Patterson, Russell W. Bradford, Paul A. Butcher ABSTRACT: In Australian and New Zealand waters, current knowledge on white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) movement ecology is based on individual tracking studies using relatively small numbers of tags. These studies describe a species