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Tagged Irish Blue Sharks Recaptured
Published on 14 Jan, 2013 at 20:27 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre Tagged Sharks Recaptured January 07, 2013 Its great to get news of the Tagging programme and dispatches from Shane O Reilly of the Inland Fisheries Ireland stated that 2 of the Blues that we tagged in 2009, one was recaptured on the 7th March 2012 in posn 1100 km West of
Baby sharks stay still to avoid being detected by predators
Public Release PLOS (Public Library of Science) 09. January 2013 Embryonic sharks in egg cases can sense predators’ electric fields, respond by reducing movement Baby sharks still developing in their egg cases can sense when predators are near, and keep very still to avoid being detected, according to research published January 9 in the open
URI student’s shark research aims to reduce shark deaths from fishing
Published on 7 Jan, 2013 at 12:04 in Research | Viewed times | 3 Comments
Press Release University of Rhode Island 2013-01-04 Media Contact: Todd McLeish, 401-874-7892 Dover, Del., resident’s project takes top honors at URI event KINGSTON, R.I. – January 4, 2013 – University of Rhode Island sophomore Chelsea Stephens spent the last six months testing a new method of catching sharks that reduces the chance the animal will
$900,000 awarded to shark mitigation
Published on 7 Dec, 2012 at 19:18 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
Government of Western Australia Ministerial Media Statement Friday 7 December 2012 —————————- The following statement was issued by Science and Innovation Minister John Day. Research funding part of State Govt’s Shark Hazard Mitigation Strategies Strobe lights and bubble curtains to be explored as shark stoppers Oceans Institute granted more than $442,000 for two projects Four
Tourism has no effect on Ningaloo whale sharks: study
Published on 5 Dec, 2012 at 11:33 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) 05. December 2012 Love doesn’t hurt – ecotourism has no long-term effect on whale sharks Whale shark ecotourism is a rapidly growing industry throughout the world. Although conservationists argue that this type of business is “win-win” – providing an alternative to the harvest of these animals by
Hard to fish areas of the seabed may act as refuges for endangered skate
Published on 20 Nov, 2012 at 13:03 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Bangor University 16. November 2012 Marine scientists working in the Celtic Sea have discovered a natural refuge for the critically endangered flapper skate. Many elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) are highly vulnerable to over-fishing, but a new paper in the open access journal PLOS ONE shows that small areas of the seabed that
New ancient shark species gives insight into origin of great white
Published on 14 Nov, 2012 at 17:41 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release University of Florida November 14, 2012 Credits: Danielle Torrent (Writer), Dana Ehret (Source) GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The great white shark is one of the largest living predatory animals and a magnet for media sensationalism, yet its evolutionary history is as misunderstood as its role as a menace. Originally classified as a direct relative
New Tagging Research Documents Remarkable Mako Shark Journey
Published on 30 Oct, 2012 at 13:50 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Guy Harvey Research Institute 29. October 2012 New Tagging Research Reveals Remarkable Mako Shark Round-Trip Journey in High Resolution DAVIE, FL — A satellite reporting tagging device know as a SPOT tag, attached to a shortfin mako shark dubbed “Carol” in New Zealand five months ago, is providing scientists with remarkable and previously
Shark brain link with humans may help hunt for repellent
Published on 29 Oct, 2012 at 5:23 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
Media Release The University of Western Australia Monday, 29 October 2012 Shark’s brains share several common features with those of humans, scientists at The University of Western Australia have found, prompting a suggestion it may help researchers working to design a shark repellent. The parallels are outlined in several papers published in a special
Deep trouble for deep-water species
Published on 4 Oct, 2012 at 3:31 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release The BLOOM Association Paris, 2 October 2012 A new study reveals severe mismanagement of European deep-water stocks, according to this week’s online version of the journal Ocean & Coastal Management. Sebastian Villasante and coauthors have analyzed scientific recommendations and total allowable catches concerning deep-sea fish stocks from 2002 to 2011. This is the
White shark diets vary with age and among individuals
White sharks, the largest predatory sharks in the ocean, are thought of as apex predators that feed primarily on seals and sea lions. But a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows surprising variability in the dietary preferences of individual sharks.
Researchers confirm shark solution is black and white
Published on 20 Sep, 2012 at 3:25 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
University News The University of Western Australia Wednesday, 19 September 2012 New research which could help to deter and conserve sharks has confirmed that many of the ocean predators are probably completely colour blind. The joint study between researchers at The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland looked at the visual adaptations
AdAlta and Baker IDI sign agreement to identify humanised shark antibody binders
Press Release AdAlta Pty Ltd AdAlta and Baker IDI sign agreement to identify i-bodies to anti-thrombotic target Melbourne, Australia, 6th September 2012– AdAlta Pty Ltd (AdAlta), a Melbourne based biotechnology company specialising in the discovery and development of protein based therapeutics, has executed a collaborative research agreement today with Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research
Tagged Common Skate Recapture in UK
Published on 16 Jul, 2012 at 3:20 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Marine Management Organisation 13. July 2012 Skate research success A project to understand the population and movements of skate has recorded its first tagged fish thanks to a South West fisherman. A skate, tagged and released as part of a Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) research programme, was caught 197
New species of shark fossil honors ETSU staffer
Published on 9 Jul, 2012 at 19:16 in Research | Viewed times | No Comments
New species named in honor of ETSU staff member Sandy Swift JOHNSON CITY (Posted July 5, 2012) – An article in the current issue of the international journal “Historical Biology” describes an extinct shark that swam the seas some 260 million years ago. Similar to the present-day great white shark, the predator was between 16