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WA Shark Mitigation to undergo full assessment
Published on 6 Mar, 2014 at 18:29 in Attacks & Incidents, Front Page | Viewed 467 views times | No Comments
Shark Mitigation to undergo full assessment. The Federal Government will require the West Australian Government to undertake a full environmental assessment of Western Australia’s Shark Mitigation Strategy.
Shark Attack Survivors 2013 shark attack summary ISAF results included
Published on 26 Feb, 2014 at 14:09 in Attacks & Incidents, Front Page | Viewed 502 views times | No Comments
Press Release Welcome to Shark Attack Survivors 2013 yearly shark attack summary. Our shark attack information is available up to the minute all year long, so a yearly shark attack summary is pretty much a waste for our purposes, but all those so-called shark experts and reporters find a yearly report on “confirmed to be
Kitesurfer bitten by shark in French Polynesia
Published on 23 Feb, 2014 at 8:06 in Attacks & Incidents, Front Page, Shark News | Viewed 1,044 views times | No Comments
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 23. February 2014 On 20. February, at about 16.00 hrs in the afternoon, a kitesurfer was reportedly bitten by a shark in French Polynesia. The incident occurred in the waters of Huahine, which is an island located among the Society Islands. A ‘blacktip reef shark’ is believed to be the
WA Government: 63 tigers, 2 makos and one blacktip shark caught by drumlines
Published on 18 Feb, 2014 at 10:36 in Attacks & Incidents, Front Page | Viewed 1,097 views times | 1 Comment
The State Government has released details of the first three weeks of its new drum line initiative, part of a $23million shark hazard mitigation program. The South-West contractor (who commenced January 25) has caught 23 sharks in total, disposing of 13 tiger sharks over three metres in length, and successfully releasing six smaller sharks.
The Shark Control Program in Queensland, Australia
Published on 16 Feb, 2014 at 20:09 in Attacks & Incidents, Front Page | Viewed 2,299 views times | 13 Comments
An overview of the Shark Control Program in Queensland with an analysis of the 2013 catch statistics. The Shark Control Program in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland is supposed to minimise the threat of shark attack on humans in particular locations. The program was launched in 1962 and it currently relies on over 360 drumlines and 30 nets (see...
Hefty fine for killing juvenile Great White Shark in New South Wales, Australia
Published on 13 Feb, 2014 at 4:00 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed 808 views times | No Comments
A man who killed a juvenile Great White Shark by deliberately striking it with his boat at Sussex Inlet has been fined more than $18,000 including court costs. Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Director of Fisheries Compliance, Glenn Tritton, said the 40-year-old man from Glenbrook was found guilty of harming a threatened species when the matter was heard in...
Hawaii considers penalties for ‘harming’ sharks and rays
Published on 6 Feb, 2014 at 19:17 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed 1,843 views times | 2 Comments
Hawaii : Penalties Considered for Killing, Harming Sharks and Rays. House Bill 2380, from Rep. Nicole Lowen, would create penalties as high as $10,000 for any person who knowingly captures, harms or kills sharks and rays within state waters.
NOAA Fisheries and states of California, Maryland and Washington determine that their shark finning laws are consistent
Published on 5 Feb, 2014 at 5:23 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed 1,337 views times | No Comments
NOAA Fisheries and the states of California, Maryland and Washington have agreed through an exchange of letters that their individual state shark finning laws are consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Mexico bans fishing for Great white sharks
Published on 27 Jan, 2014 at 13:08 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed 2,396 views times | 4 Comments
On January 27th 2014, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) has established a permanent ban on fishing for great white sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias) in Mexican waters. The related text was published today in the Official Gazette (DOF : 27/01/2014). A full copy of the original text ( in Spanish language ) is provided...
Smart Drumlines pass first test in Reunion Island
Published on 23 Jan, 2014 at 18:24 in Attacks & Incidents, Front Page | Viewed 1,516 views times | 3 Comments
Smart Drumlines on test in Reunion Island: Pilot project regarded as success. Five sharks caught in two days. On January 14th, the experimental phase of the fishing project ‘CapRequins’ has been launched in Reunion Island.