South Africa: Surfer survives shark attack in Port Alfred

Press Release National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) 10. July 2019 —- — — — — — — — Shark incident at East Beach, Port Alfred, and safety advisory: At approximately, 10h30, Wednesday, 10th July, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated following reports of a surfer, a local man, aged in his early 20’s, bitten on the

GMA News: Rare Megamouth shark killed by fishermen in Philippines

Hundreds of sharks and rays tangled in plastic

Press Release University of Exeter 5. July 2019 — — — — — — — — — — Hundreds of sharks and rays have become tangled in plastic waste in the world’s oceans, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists scoured existing published studies and Twitter for shark and ray entanglements, and found reports of

Shark and ray entanglement in anthropogenic marine debris

Global review of shark and ray entanglement in anthropogenic marine debris Kristian J. Parton, Tamara S. Galloway, Brendan J. Godley ABSTRACT: Numerous marine taxa become entangled in anthropogenic marine debris, including cartilaginous fishes (class: Chondrichthyes, e.g. elasmobranchs , holocephalans ). Here we review research that has been conducted on the susceptibility of

News1st Tamil: Whale shark caught in Sri Lanka – June 2019

Greenpeace: Sharks Under Attack

A CASE STUDY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC: SHARKS UNDER ATTACK Published by Greenpeace International June 2019 PDF-DOWNLOAD

Updated taxonomic list and conservation status of chondrichthyans from Venezuela

Updated taxonomic list and conservation status of chondrichthyans from the exclusive economic zone of Venezuela, with first generic and specific records Nicolás R. Ehemann, Lorem D. V. González‐González, Alejandro Tagliafico, Simon Weigmann ABSTRACT: Using the last taxonomic review of chondrichthyans of the world, we selected the species distributed in the north‐western Atlantic Ocean (NWA) and

Planonasus indicus sp. n., a new species of pygmy false catshark

Planonasus indicus sp. n., a new species of pygmy false catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Pseudotriakidae), with a revised diagnosis of the genus and key to the family David A. Ebert, K. V. Akhilesh, Simon Weigmann ABSTRACT: A new species of the genus Planonasus is described from off southwestern India and Sri Lanka in the northern Indian

MOOC: ID sharks with their morphological characteristics (in Greek)

Press Release Biodiversity GR– Citizen science conservation organization – 02. July 2019 — — — — — —- — — — — — — How many times have you seen shark swim (rare sightings in Greece), or have you seen shark photograph in newspapers or social networks, or in the fish farm and wondering what

DNA from tooth in Florida man’s foot solves 25-year-old shark bite mystery

Press Release Florida Museum of Natural History 02. July 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — — — GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When Jeff Weakley tweezed open a blister-like bulge on his foot, he was not expecting to find a piece of tooth from a shark that bit him while he

Bite performance and feeding behaviour of the sand tiger shark

Bite performance and feeding behaviour of the sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus Joshua K. Moyer, Stephanie F. Shannon, Duncan J. Irschick ABSTRACT: This study examines the feeding behaviour and kinematics of three sub‐adult sand tiger sharks Carcharias taurus on display at Mystic Aquarium (Mystic, Connecticut, USA). Using high‐speed video data from 52 bites, we identify

On the Capture of a Blue Shark in Peter the Great Bay

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS On the Capture of a Blue Shark, Prionace glauca (Carcharhinidae), in Peter the Great Bay V. N. Dolganov ABSTRACT: The capture of a blue shark, Prionace glauca, with a body length of 108.5 cm in Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan, is reported. Its measurable traits, dental formula, and number of arterial cone valves

Quarter-Century-Old Shark Bite Mystery Solved

DNA from Tooth Embedded in Man’s Foot Resolves Quarter-Century-Old Shark Bite Mystery Lei Yang, John S.S. Denton, Shannon Corrigan, Tyler B.T. Bowling, Gavin J.P. Naylor ABSTRACT: Shark attacks are rare, but when they occur they generate substantial media, public, and other interest. The aftermath of an attack has the potential to influence public attitudes toward

Noteworthy Shark Records from Mediterranean and European Atlantic Waters – February to June 2019

Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, published on 01. July 2019 After a long break, we have decided to resume our summary of large and/or rare sharks recorded in waters of the Mediterranrean/European region ( our previous related post: Elasmobranch records, May 2014 to October 2014 ). — — — — — Details on each

Elasmobranch bycatch in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea

Elasmobranch bycatch in the demersal prawn trawl fishery in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea W. T. White, L. Baje, C. A. Simpfendorfer, S. A. Appleyard, A. Chin, B. Sabub, E. Rochel, G. J. P. Naylor ABSTRACT: The elasmobranch bycatch of the Gulf of Papua Prawn Fishery is investigated in detail for the first