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Kenya rejects proposed whale shark tourist attraction
Published on 22 Sep, 2013 at 4:35 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Born Free Foundation 22. August 2013 ———————– Note by Shark Year Magazine : The following news release provides an update on the previous posts 27. March 2013 Ill-Advised Tourism ‘Adventure’ Threatens Kenyan Whale Sharks 28. May 2013 Proposed Waa Whale Shark project Opposed in a Public Hearing KENYA’S WHALE SHARKS – BORN FREE
Industry challenges skate and ray sustainability reporting
Published on 3 Sep, 2013 at 18:18 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
News Release Seafish 03. September 2013 —————— Negative perceptions damaging commercial interests of UK catches A recent report from the University of Salford, which was perceived to suggest that some skate and ray sold in UK supermarkets are from declining species, has been challenged by the UK fishing industry. The industry, along with Seafish and
Noteworthy Shark Records from Mediterranean and European Waters – March to August 2013
Published on 2 Sep, 2013 at 11:26 in Front Page, General News, Shark News | Viewed times | No Comments
The following list provides a supplement and continuation of our previous post from 26. March 2013 Noteworthy Recent Shark Records From Mediterranean And Adjacent Waters. Thirty-eight noteworthy recent Elasmobranch records from Mediterranean and European waters ( reported from 23. March 2013 to 30. August 2013 ).
Australian Greens announce new initiative to boost shark research
Published on 19 Aug, 2013 at 11:05 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Media Release The Australian Greens 18. August 2013 ———————- At the end of science week, the Australian Greens have announced a new initiative to identify the threats facing Australia’s shark population. Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on marine and fisheries said today that more research was needed on sharks, and that this research and
First documented catch of a Greenland shark in the Gulf of Mexico
A Florida State University research ship has returned from its first extended voyage, collecting more than 400 fishes in the northeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on marine life.
Shark Week crashes Shark Year
Shark Week crashes Shark Year Discovery Channel “Shark Week” crashes “Shark Year Magazine” 11. August 2013 We thought when we started SYM we would go with a large hosting company GoDaddy.com and use one of their better hosting plans. Shark Week caused so much traffic going to SYM the GoDaddy.com servers crashed. It took GoDaddy.com
Shark Week 2013 breaks all viewership records
Published on 7 Aug, 2013 at 2:44 in General News | Viewed times | 2 Comments
Press Release Discovery Channel 06. August 2013 ———————- MEGALODON Scores Highest Rated and Most Watched SHARK Week telecast in SHARK WEEK History with 4.8 Million Viewers P2+ – SHARK AFTER DARK grabs 2.1 Million Viewers Discovery’s SHARK WEEK 2013 broke all viewership records in the 26 year history of SHARK WEEK on Sunday August 4
Tourism WA’s adopted whale shark named after teenage tumour victim
Published on 6 Aug, 2013 at 7:56 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Media Release Tourism Western Australia 31st July 2013 ——————– A seven metre male whale shark tagged in the Ningaloo Marine Park and ‘adopted’ by Tourism WA has been named ‘Boo Boo’ in honour of a 15 year-old Perth boy who died six months ago from a brain tumour. Trent D’Silva swam with the whale sharks
Shark Year Magazine – Al Brenneka – in SRI Shark Celebrity Auction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photos Available on request YOU SEE THEM ON SHARK WEEK – GET TO KNOW THEM IN PERSON Some of the world’s top shark celebrities scientists, TV hosts, underwater photographers, filmmakers and conservationists are on the auction block at Bidding for Good during Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.
OCEARCH Great White Shark Tracking Expedition off Cape Cod
Published on 31 Jul, 2013 at 17:39 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Shark Year Magazine, 01. August 2013 Below is copy of the Research Permit issued to Chris Fisher ( OCEARCH ) by the Masschusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. It was made public by ‘ White Shark Video ‘, a nonprofit corporation in California. The permit allows OCEARCH to ‘ take and possess white sharks for scientific
Professional Association of Diving launches bottle into the sea off Reunion Island
Published on 30 Jul, 2013 at 22:48 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
The shark crisis on Reunion Island in a no-swimming area has not spared the diving industry. On Thursday, July 25, the Association of Diving Professionals (GPP), with the support of the Reunion Island Tourism Board (IRT), decided to invite the media to a press conference to take stock of the diving sector to date, as
Reunion Island – Sharks take back the Ocean – Humans Stay out or face fines…
An immediate prohibition of swimming, surfing and bodyboarding within the coastal strip of 300 meters from shore in the department of Reunion until October 1st, 2013. In response to a surge in shark attacks, government officials in Reunion Island have banned surfing outside of the island’s lagoons until October 1 of this year. Anyone caught surfing
Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2013
Published on 8 Jul, 2013 at 3:36 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Press Release Discovery Channel 01. July 2013 —————– SHARK WEEK RETURNS TO DISCOVERY CHANNEL WITH THE MOST HOURS OF SHARK PROGRAMMING EVER The 26th Annual Shark Week Kicks Off August 4 (Silver Spring, MD) SHARK WEEK, television’s longest running must-see summer TV event, returns to Discovery Channel on Sunday, August 4 at 8PM. Building upon
Florida: Dealers Charged for Illegal Harvest and Sale of Nurse Sharks
Published on 16 Jun, 2013 at 11:05 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2013 ——————- Marine Life Dealers Charged for Illegal Harvest and Sale of Nurse Sharks Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Otha Easley, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the National Oceanic
Paddle Out for Sharks 2013
Published on 14 Jun, 2013 at 9:27 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Paddle Out for Sharks 10. June 2013 ——————- More than 130 conservationists, divers, surfers, scientists, anglers and paddlers celebrated World Oceans Day 2013 by ‘Paddling Out’ to the shark nets at Scottburgh Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to highlight the lack of management of sharks as a species and resource in South Africa and