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Rare shark found dead in Azores

Rare shark found dead in Azores

Rare smalltooth sandtiger shark Odontaspis ferox found dead in Azores. The dead specimen (male) was found beached at Praia dos Poços. The exact cause of death is unknown, the animal showed no external injuries.

Three Recent Shark Records from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Three Recent Shark Records from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Three Recent Shark Records from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.January - February 2012. Bluntnose sixgill sharks Hexanchus griseus in Turkey, Shortfin Mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus in Israel.

Ecuador Landings in December 2011

Ecuador Landings in December 2011

Sharks and Rays caught by Ecuador in December 2011   Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 15. February 2012 Republic of Ecuador Fishing Report December 2011 Landing of Sharks and Rays In December 2011, the estimated landings of sharks and rays decreased significantly by ca. 79 percent in comparison to the previous month. The vast majority

Blue Shark Tagged In Scilly UK Caught Off Africa

Blue Shark Tagged In Scilly UK Caught Off Africa

Published by ‘scilly today’, 13. February 2012 A blue shark tagged off Scilly has been identified on the African coast. Joe Pender caught the fish on the 8th of August, 6 miles south of St Mary’s and tagged the animal before releasing it back into the water. But on 2nd February it was reported to

EU Food Alert – Mercury in Fish

EU Food Alert – Mercury in Fish

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 31. January 2012 From 11. July 2011 to 19. January 2012, 49 ‘food alert’ or ‘information for attention’ notifications concerning too high levels of mercury in marine fish were issued by the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed. In the European Community, the maximum permitted level of mercury

Fees biting shark fishers in Tasmania

Fees biting shark fishers in Tasmania

Helen Kempton, The Mercury, 31. January 2012 TASMANIA’S small commercial shark fishers may be forced out of the industry by a massive hike in licence fees. The cost of a South Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery hook licence has doubled over the past 12 months. Some fishers are taking out bank loans to pay the

Ecuador Landings in November 2011

Ecuador Landings in November 2011

Sharks and Rays caught by Ecuador in November 2011   Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 24. January 2012 Republic of Ecuador Fishing Report November 2011 Landing of Sharks and Rays   In November 2011, the estimated total landing of sharks and rays was reported to be 752.99 tons, representing an increase of 31.62 percent in

Dead basking shark found on beach in Canada

Dead basking shark found on beach in Canada

Dead basking shark found on beach in Canada. Reported on 23. January 2012. Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The specimen washed up near Locke’s Island at the head of Jordan Bay last week.

Two Recent Shark Records from Norway

Two Recent Shark Records from Norway

Two Recent Shark Records from Norway Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 16. January 2012 Specimen No 1: Porbeagle shark Lamna nasus Specimen No 2: Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)

Mystery Mackerel Shark in Hawaii

Mystery Mackerel Shark in Hawaii

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 14.01.2012 Is it the infamous ‘White Death’ or just an ordinary (but huge) Mako Shark ? On January 12th, the recreational fisherman Addison Toki  has filmed a big shark in the waters near Kaena Point off Oahu, Hawaii. The specimen is quite obvious a member of the Lamnidae family (mackerel

Young Great White Shark killed in NSW Australia

Young Great White Shark killed in NSW Australia

Baby great white shark bludgeoned to death in front of children   By Mal Holland, Environment Reporter, The Daily Telegraph, 13. January 2012 FROM the shore, the group of small boats appeared to be doing the right thing – herding a shark that had swum into the long shallow channel back safely out to sea.

Mako shark found beached in France

Mako shark found beached in France

Mako shark found beached in France 9.January 2012 The dead specimen was found on a beach at Lit-Et-Mixe, which is located in the south-western part of France (on the southern coast of the Bay of Biscay).

Amazing Photo – Real or Fake ?

Amazing Photo – Real or Fake ?

Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 11. January 2012 A Sport Fishing Magazine has recently posted this amazing photo in one of its forum threads. They are questioning if this picture is authentic or photoshopped. The photo shows a shark that is breaching the water’s surface with a sailfish (Istiophorus spp.) in its mouth. The shark

Ecuador Landings in October 2011

Ecuador Landings in October 2011

Sharks and Rays caught by Ecuador in October 2011 In October 2011, the estimated total landing of sharks and rays was reported to be 572.08 tons. It represents a decrease of ca. 67.43% in comparison to the previous month.

Fox Sharks caught in the Mediterranean Sea

Fox Sharks caught in the Mediterranean Sea

Fox Sharks caught in the Mediterranean Sea. Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 06. January 2012. Three recent records of thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) from the Mediterranean Sea.