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Monterey aquarium gets great white shark
AP Associated Press September 1, 2011 MONTEREY (AP) — A great white shark that was caught in the waters off Southern California is now on display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Aquarium officials say the four-foot, seven-inch male shark was transferred from Malibu to Monterey and placed in the aquarium’s Open Sea exhibit on Wednesday
Whale Shark captured in Korea
Date: reported on 30. August 2011. Location: Donghae, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Species: Whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ). Size: 5.3 metres in length, estimated 2 tons. The fisherman found the shark dead in his fishing net and immediately informed the coast guard. Source and Photo Credit: daum.net
Greek fishermen catch big shark
Date: 20. August 2011. Location: Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. Species: Bluntnose Sixgill Shark ( Hexanchus griseus ). Size: said to be 4.5 metres in length. The shark got entangled in a fishing net. It has been misidentified as a basking shark by the Greek media. Source and Photo Credit: filodimos.gr
Salmon Shark caught in Russia
Date: 22. August 2011. Location: ‘Mirror Bay’, Kavalerovsky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Species: Salmon Shark ( Lamna ditropis ), male. Size: said to be 2.2 metres in length. The capture of this specimen (by ‘amateur fishermen’) has received much attention in the Russian press because of the two recent shark attacks in the region. Several
Basking Shark Mount for Museum in France
Shark Year Magazine, 25. August 2011 The French taxidermist Bernard Bourlès is mounting a 3.4 metres long basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) for the Natural History Museum in Paris. The 180 kg shark had been accidentally caught in the waters south of Houat on 27 May 2010. Houat is an island off the south coast of
White Shark caught by Anglers in California
Published on 24 Aug, 2011 at 10:12 in Front Page, Shark Fishing Videos, Shark Videos, Videos | Viewed times | No Comments
Video uploaded on 23 August 2011 – A juvenile great white shark ( a protected species ) was caught by a group of recreational fishermen at Huntington Beach Pier, Southern California. Apparently, the small shark was seriously injured by fishing gaffs.
New Species of Gollum Shark from the Philippines
Published on 24 Aug, 2011 at 4:08 in Front Page, Publications, Scientific Papers | Viewed times | No Comments
Published on 24. August 2011 Gollum suluensis sp. nov. (Carcharhiniformes: Pseudotriakidae), a new gollumshark from the southern Philippines Peter R. Last and Joe P. Gaudiano ABSTRACT: A second nominal species of the pseudotriakid genus Gollum, otherwise known as false catsharks or gollumsharks, is described on the basis of seven specimens collected from the Sulu Sea.
Shark kills surfer in South Africa
Article By: Staff Reporter iafrica.com Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:37 A surfer died after being attacked by a shark at Lookout Beach in Plettenberg Bay on Tuesday morning, according to ZigZag. The 48-year-old, who was in the water with five other surfers, reportedly saw the shark before it attacked and shouted out in warning. The
2011 Shark Scramble Tournament in Canada
Location: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . Date: 17. – 20. August 2011. 122 anglers participated in the tournament, 13 fishermen more than in the previous year. A total of 39 sharks were landed: 37 blue sharks, 2 mako sharks (previous year: 42 sharks). Here is a video (link) of the event. Tournament Result: 1st Place:
Porbeagle Shark sold at Dutch Auction
Date: reported on 17. August 2011. Location: The Hague, Netherlands. Species: Porbeagle shark ( Lamna nasus ). Size: 135 kg (ca. 298 lb) in weight. The shark was auctioned at a fish market in Scheveningen. A short time ago, another porbeagle was offered at the same market . Both specimens had been captured in the
Second shark attack reported in Russia
VLADIVOSTOK, 18 August 2011 (RIA Novosti) A shark mauled a teenager in Russia’s Far East in the second shark attack near the Russian coast of the Sea of Japan in 24 hours, a local emergencies ministry spokesman said on Thursday. He said the shark attacked the 16 year old on Thursday near Zheltukhin Island. The
Teenager catches record sized blue shark
Shark Year Magazine, 18 August 2011. Fifteen-year-old Ethan Lynch may have broken a state record by catching a huge blue shark (Prionace glauca) off Newburyport in Essex County, Massachusetts. The impressive catch measured 12 foot long and weighed 458 pounds. The Massachusetts state’s current record-holder was 454 pounds and caught in 1996. Ethan was on
Second Fatal Shark Attack in Seychelles
Honeymoon Briton killed by shark 16th August 2011, Southend Standard. A British national has been killed in a suspected shark attack in the Seychelles. The Foreign Office confirmed the death of a Briton on the islands where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge recently had their honeymoon. The Daily Telegraph reported that the 30-year-old victim
Study of juvenile hammerhead nursery grounds begins in Costa Rica
Mision Tiburon begins study of juvenile hammerhead nursery grounds in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica MigraMar, 15 August 2011. In June 2011, Mision Tiburon, one of the Costa Rican partners of Migramar, placed ten ultrasonic tags on juvenile hammerheads in Golfo Dulce, and installed three receivers in a key nursery ground This tagging expedition is part
Sixgill Shark netted in Turkey
Date: reported on 15 August 2011. Location: Alanya, Antalya Province,Turkey. Species: Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus). Size: said to be 2.5 metres in length. You can see a video of the catch in our Video Section ( here ). Source: mynet haber .