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State Marine Experts Detect White Shark Off Cape Cod Coast
Published on 10 Jun, 2013 at 5:26 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Media Advisory Energy and Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts For Immediate Release – June 07, 2013 —————————————————— Shark that was tagged in 2011 returns to Massachusetts waters BOSTON – Friday, June 7, 2013 – On Tuesday, May 28, biologists from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) detected a white shark off Monomoy. This is a 13-foot
Proposed Waa Whale Shark project Opposed in a Public Hearing
Published on 4 Jun, 2013 at 13:41 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) organized a public hearing on the Waa Whale Shark project at Waa girls Secondary school in Kwale County. Members of the public were asked to give their opinion on the project based on the Environmental Assessment Impact (EIA) report that was submitted to NEMA by the East Africa Whale Shark Trust led by...
Fossil Shark Teeth to Become North Carolina State Symbol
Published on 14 May, 2013 at 10:58 in Front Page, General News, Shark News | Viewed times | No Comments
On May 6th, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted unanimously to add the teeth of a legendary extinct shark species to the list of official state symbols. The related House Bill 830 is entitled as 'An Act To Adopt An Official State Fossil, Frog, Salamander, Marsupial, Folk Art and Art Medium'.
43 tons of shark fins padded with sodium hydroxide sold
Published on 8 May, 2013 at 2:57 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Chosun Daily News, Japanese Edition, April 30th, 2013 ( Translation by Adam Peyman / Humane Society International ) ( South Korea ) – Buson Coastguard issued an arrest warrant for a Taiwanese tradesman and a South Korean food processing company representative on the 29th under charges of selling 43 tons of shark fins, the weight
Basking Shark Lands on Misquamicut Beach
Published on 30 Apr, 2013 at 11:51 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Media Release NOAA Fisheries Service 30. April 2013 ——————– You never know when the phone will ring, bearing data. You might be doing a little yard work like Lisa Natanson was on Sunday. Then she got word that a basking shark was beached just a few minutes from her home. Natanson is an NEFSC shark
200kg Stingray Seized By Tasmania Police
Published on 25 Apr, 2013 at 11:22 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Media Release Tasmania Police Friday, 19 April 2013 – 5:20pm Illegal Shark Fishing On the 6th of April, police from the Northern Marine Services, seized a 200kg Stingray which had been caught in York Cove, George Town. The Stingray measured almost two meters in diameter. The Tamar River is a designated Shark Refuge Area, south
Ill-Advised Tourism ‘Adventure’ Threatens Kenyan Whale Sharks
Published on 5 Apr, 2013 at 11:00 in General News | Viewed times | 2 Comments
News Release Born Free Foundation 27. March 2013 Born Free Foundation and international marine experts are outraged KENYA, 27th March, 2013. Widespread opposition between the company Seaquarium Ltd in Kenya and wildlife conservation groups and marine scientists is mounting related to a proposal to begin catching wild migrating whale sharks for public display in a
Diver in court for illegally killing shark
Published on 4 Apr, 2013 at 18:26 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
By Matt Wright, abc-7 Reporter 04. April 2013 A Naples man is on trial accused of illegally killing a shark. Wednesday, he told the judge it was all in self defense. The judge found Steve Moriconi guilty on all four misdemeanor counts in the shark killing case. He has to pay court costs and a
Noteworthy Recent Shark Records From Mediterranean And Adjacent Waters
Published on 26 Mar, 2013 at 14:38 in Front Page, General News, Shark News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
The following list provides a supplement and continuation of our previous posts from 06. January 2013 Notes on Sharks recently recorded from the Mediterranean and European Region. Twenty-nine notable recent shark records from Mediterranean and adjacent waters ( reported from 06. January 2013 to 25. March 2013 ).
Shark fears bite business at dive school
Published on 17 Mar, 2013 at 18:46 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Daniel Mercer, The West Australian, March 18, 2013 One of Perth’s biggest scuba diving businesses has had to offer extraordinary discounts to lure people into the water after an unprecedented spate of shark attacks slashed its profitability. Perth Diving Academy, which has shops in Hillarys and Balcatta and runs diving courses off Perth, said its
Operation Shark Fin Launched in Texas
Published on 2 Mar, 2013 at 13:38 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Operation Shark Fin, a four-day, around-the-clock Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement effort along the lower coast aimed at disrupting trans-national criminal organizations engaged in illegal commercial fishing and other activities in the Gulf of Mexico, the Rio Grande, and Lake Falcon has resulted in the seizure of 17,500 feet of long lines, two vessels and 15 citations...
Great white shark illegally killed in South Australia
Published on 1 Mar, 2013 at 11:51 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Media Release Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) 01. March 2013 ———————– Information sought on illegal killing of White Shark Authorities are appealing for information from the public, following the discovery of a White Shark in the Port Lincoln National Park that appears to have been illegally killed. The shark was discovered by a member
South Australia: Fisherman convicted for exceeding shark catch limits
A commercial fisher has been convicted and fined for a series of fisheries offences, including 20 counts of exceeding School and Gummy Shark trip limits. Alan John Robertson of Cape Jervis, pleaded guilty in Port Lincoln Magistrates Court in early February, and was convicted for exceeding catch limits as well as five counts of using a vessel not endorsed...
Mossel Bay great white hunter found guilty
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) welcomes the guilty verdict and stiff sentence handed down to Leon Bekker in the Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court last Friday afternoon, 1 February 2013.
Shark Data Questioned At Hearing; Anglers Propose Catch Alternatives
Published on 1 Feb, 2013 at 14:03 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
By Travis Brown, Staff Writer, Maryland Coastal Dispatch , 1st February 2013 OCEAN CITY — Better identification and more accurate statistics would be a better alternative to protecting the dusky shark population than an umbrella catch size limit increase for all species of sharks caught off the coast of Ocean City, according to many