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Whale shark debuts at Japan aquarium as another goes free
24 July 2011, Shark Year Magazine. The information site Asahi Shimbun is reporting that a new whale shark made its debut at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan on July 23. The female whale shark, named Yu-chan, was transported from Kochi Prefecture the day before. According to the aquarium operator ‘Osaka Waterfront Development Co.’, it’s the first
Shark Fishing Vessel captured in Galapagos
22 July 2011, Shark Year Magazine. The Galapagos National Park’s website is reporting that at least 357 sharks were found in the hold of the fishing vessel ‘ FER MARY I ‘, which was operating illegally in the Marine Reserve of the Galapagos Islands. On 18th July, the boat was intercepted southeast of Genovesa Island,
Great White Shark caught in Japan
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 12:32 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Date: November 2010. Location: Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Species: Great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ). Size: over 4 metres in length. Source and Photo Credit: kaiyukan.com
Great White Shark breaches into Research Boat in South Africa
18 July 2011. Press Release published by ‘ Nosy Basset – Sunshine Coast Online ‘ Oceans Research Team gets a little too close for comfort Mossel Bay, 18 July, 2011: The Oceans Research team, a marine research organisation working in Mossel Bay, got the surprise of a lifetime today when a 3 meter great white
Cage-diving entities exposed to financial ruin
Published on 18 Jul, 2011 at 2:59 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
18 July 2011. Anna Majavu, Times Live. Directors of black-owned Great White Shark cage-diving companies say they’re losing their life savings they invested in their businesses because the government hasn’t given them the permits it promised. Cage diving – in which divers are lowered into the water inside protective cages to observe the predators in
European Union – Food Alert: Shark Products
Published on 16 Jul, 2011 at 13:18 in Conservation & Fishery, General News, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 1 Comment
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Basking Shark caught in Norway
Date: 09 July 2011. Location: Brenngam, Finnmark, Norway. Species: Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus). Size: reported to be 10 metres in length. The shark was accidentally caught in a salmon net. Source: finnmarken.no Photo Credit: Arild Olsen.
Japan: Shark Cull in Okinawa
In early July, a shark cull took place in the waters of the Yaeyama Islands. Yaeyama Fishery Cooperative caught 87 sharks with a total weight of approximately 11 tons
France: Dead Hammerhead Shark found in Mediterranean Sea
12 July 2011 According to the French media, the carcass of a big hammerhead shark (Sphyrna spp.) was found on the shore of a small cove at Cap Corse, a 40 km long peninsula located at the northern part of Corsica Island. The badly decomposed shark, which was reported to be 4 metres in length,
NZ Divers at risk from sharks
Published on 11 Jul, 2011 at 12:14 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
Southern paua divers are worried it will take someone being killed by a great white shark before the Government enforces restrictions on tourism dive operators.
Australia: Hammerhead shark beaches in Lake
Published on 9 Jul, 2011 at 19:59 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
10 July 2011 The Newcastle Herald is reporting that an approximately 9 foot (2.7 metre) long hammerhead shark beached itself at west Lake Macquarie. It’s Australia’s largest coastal salt water lake in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. The shark had a visible injury to its first doral fin and was thrashing in shallow
Sixgill Shark caught in the Azores Islands
Published on 9 Jul, 2011 at 11:04 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
09 July 2011 A bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) was caught in the waters of Graciosa Island recently. This Portuguese island is the northernmost of the Central Group (Grupo Central) of islands in the Azores. The capture was made by the two brothers Fernando and Lázaro Lima Pires da Silva on 06 July 2011. The
Sixgill Sharks caught in Spain
Date: reported on 06 July 2011. Location: Spain (Mediterranean Sea). A fisherman from Begur, a town in the province of Girona, made an impressive catch when he hauled up a big bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus). But the Spanish media has wrongly identified the shark as a basking shark (‘tiburon peregrino’ ). According to the
Pernambuco Brazil Shark Nets to protect Surfers
Published on 5 Jul, 2011 at 11:01 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
04 July 2011 According to an article in ‘Arca Universal‘, the government of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco has announced to install additional anti-shark nets. This measure should protect surfers participating in a forthcoming championship. The officials say that the 100 metres long protective shark net will cost about R$10.000 (ca. US$6400) and will be
Rays absent from Scottish shark survey
Published on 4 Jul, 2011 at 18:49 in General News | Viewed times | No Comments
WildlifeExtra.com Sharkatag 2011 – Tope numbers down – no sign of cuckoo, blonde or spotted rays. June 2011. Are Scottish tope shark stocks in decline and will we ever see any rays again? These are two of the questions facing sea anglers and Scottish fisheries managers following last weeks Sharkatag, as, for the third year