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Court row over cage-diving permit
Published on 26 Apr, 2012 at 3:45 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
By John Yeld, IOL.co.za 25. April 2012 AN ESTABLISHED Gordon’s Bay-based white shark cage diving operator has successfully challenged the government’s decision not to renew its permit to operate in False Bay in favour of a new entrant to the industry. Air Jaws Africa cc, trading as Shark Adventures, successfully applied in the Western Cape
Big Tiger Shark caught off the Northern Dominican Coast
Published on 22 Apr, 2012 at 12:02 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 22. April 2012 Date: reported on 21. April 2012. Location: Dominican Republic. Species: Tiger shark ( Galeocerdo cuvier ). Size: said to be ca. 800 pounds in weight. According to the source, fishermen captured this specimen in the waters of Las Terrenas in the Samaná Province. You can find a
South Africa: DEA Press Release regarding the SharkMen Research Project
Published on 17 Apr, 2012 at 12:32 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
MEDIA STATEMENT 16 APRIL 2012 OCEARCH-SHARKMEN RESEARCH PROJECT The Department of Environmental Affairs would like to respond to some misleading and inappropriate statements issued by certain individuals that have no mandate to issues Shark Alerts to the public. These alarmist statements individuals are creating unnecessary public concern. This also diminishes the value of
Mexican Fisherman lands Great White Shark
Mexican Fisherman lands 6 metre Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias. This impressive specimen was reportedly caught in the Gulf of California off the northwestern coast of Mexico (Sonora State).
Recent Shark Records from the Mediterranean and European Region.
Recent Shark Records from the Mediterranean and European Region.Notable Recent Records of Sixteen Shark Captures from the Mediterranean Sea and European NE Atlantic Ocean. Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 13. April 2012 .
Philippines: DOT urges community to follow whale shark interaction guidelines
Published on 12 Apr, 2012 at 17:26 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
An April 12, 2012 press release from the Department of Tourism The Department of Tourism (DOT) stresses the need to conduct awareness training on whale shark interaction and marine conservation for local government units (LGUs) and communities in parts of the Philippines where whale sharks frequent. Tourism Secretary Ramon R. Jimenez, Jr. urges the public
5 tons of chum heading for False Bay
Published on 11 Apr, 2012 at 3:33 in General News | Viewed times | 2 Comments
Published on ZIGZAG News, 10. April 2012 The following is an open letter issued on behalf of Dr Dirk Schmidt, a wildlife photographer and the author of two books on Great White Sharks. National Geographic is filming its reality show “Shark-Men” with the assistance of researchers off Seal Island between the 10th – 30th April
Ecuador Landings in January and February 2012
Republic of Ecuador Fishing Report January-February 2012 In the first two months of this year, the total estimated landings of sharks in Ecuador's fisheries reached about 1311,46 tons. During the same time frame (Jan-Feb 2012), catches of skates/rays were reported less frequently with only 5,88 tons.
Great White Shark caught in Japan earlier this year
Published on 1 Apr, 2012 at 19:32 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 02. April 2012 Date: 01. February 2012. Location: Kyushu Island, Japan. Species: Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). The white shark got entangled in a set-net off the coast of Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, the southernmost island of Japan. The source does not provide much details about this capture. In November
South Africa: Whale shark washes up on Cape beach
Published on 21 Mar, 2012 at 18:55 in General News | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Whale Shark dies: Kommetjie NSRI helps with carcass News Release by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), 19. March 2012 SCARBOROUGH Sunday 18th March 2012. At 12h30 on Sunday 18th March NSRI Kommetjie were called out to assist from KEAG (The Kommetjie Environmental Action Group) and the Department of Environment – Oceans and Coasts
New Policy for Great White Shark Tourism in Australia
Published on 20 Mar, 2012 at 20:27 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
RDA sides with three shark dive operators Published by Port Lincoln Times, 20. March 2012 REGIONAL Development Australia (RDA) Whyalla and Eyre Peninsula has lobbied the state government to allow three local shark cage divers to keep their licences instead of the two the government has proposed as part of a change to the
Fox Shark caught in north-western Italy
A new record of a common thresher shark from the Ligurian coast. Date: 17. March 2012. Location: La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Species: Common thresher shark ( Alopias vulpinus ). Size: said to be 3 metres in length, 300 kg in weight.
Whale Shark found dead in Philippines
Published on 19 Mar, 2012 at 14:44 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 19. March 2012 Date: 18. March 2012. Location: Calabanga, Province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. Species: Whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ). Size: reported to be 4.6 metres long, 1.2 metres wide. The dead specimen (female) washed ashore in Barangay Sabang, Calabanga town. According to the source, the shark may have
Great White accidently caught off Fish Hoek Beach
Published on 12 Mar, 2012 at 6:56 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Published by Zigzag, 11. March 2012 Local whelk fishermen from Kalk Bay caught a 4.3 metre female great white shark this morning in their nets, 400 metres behind the breakers of Fish Hoek beach. Whelks are a type of Alikreukel snail, and are lured into nets using chummed up sardines, pilchards, snoek heads etc; much
GUIDELINES SET FOR WATCHING WHALES HARKS
Published on 6 Mar, 2012 at 20:07 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
By Albe Victoria Alimurung, 06. March 2012 A comprehensive set of guidelines will be embedded in the existing ordinance of the municipality of Oslob to have a more thorough system of whale shark watching for tourists. The set of guidelines was submitted by the technical working group who was tasked by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia