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International action taken on protecting shark, ray and sawfish species
Press Release European Commission (Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) 10. November 2014 ————————- (10/11/2014) The 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) was held...
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Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department, North Kohala District 31. October 2014 ———————– North Kohala shark attack 10-31-14 A 34-year-old Kailua-Kona woman was attacked by a shark while surfing at Halaula Lighthouse in North Kohala. At 11:12 a.m. Friday (October...
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News Release Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) 22. October 2014 ———————– THIRD SHARK ENCOUNTER ON MAUI THIS WEEK Murky Water Warning Continues HONOLULU – For a third time this week, a Maui ocean user encountered a...
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News Release Hawaii DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources) 20. October 2014 ———————- 2nd SHARK INTERACTION IN BROWN WATER – MAUI’S KAHULUI HARBOR CLOSED For the second time in as many days, a shark interaction on Maui, prompted...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Study: Could sleeper sharks be preying on protected Steller sea lions?
News Release Oregon State University ( OSU ) 15. October 2014 ————— NEWPORT, Ore. – Pacific sleeper sharks, a large, slow-moving species thought of as primarily a scavenger or predator of fish, may be preying on something a bit...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Brazil: Fine imposed for mistreatment of hammerhead shark
Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 10. October 2014 The Environmental Institute of Paraná ( Instituto Ambiental do Paraná, IAP ) has fined a ‘fisherman’ for dragging a live hammerhead shark through the streets of Guaratuba last sunday, 05....
Read full story Add a comment - 10 users commented on this post WA shark examination: Bite marks indicate attack involved a great white shark
Media Release Department of Fisheries, Western Australia 04. October 2014 ————————– Examinations of white sharks complete Department of Fisheries scientists have completed examinations of two white sharks captured after a serious incident at Wylie Bay, east of Esperance on...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Study shows sharks have personalities
News Release University of Exeter 02. October 2014 ————————– Some sharks are ‘gregarious’ and have strong social connections, whilst others are more solitary and prefer to remain inconspicuous, according to a new study which is the first to show...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post WA fisheries officers catch a second white shark after Esperance incident
Media Release Department of Fisheries, Western Australia 02. October 2014 ————————– Second white shark caught after Esperance incident today Department of Fisheries officers have caught a second large white shark, about three metres in length, in the Wylie Bay...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Western Australia: More patrols, second shark barrier for South-West
Media Release Department of Fisheries, Western Australia 26. September 2014 —————————- The following statement was issued by the Premier, the Hon Colin Barnett, MLA Aerial patrols of South-West beaches by SLSWA to start in time for October school holidays...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post 29th Shark killed on Drumline in Reunion Island
Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 15. September 2014 Shark Fishing Program in Reunion Island: Two bull sharks and three tiger sharks harvested in less than a week, already 29 large sharks killed since January. In the early morning...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post WA Drumlines: EPA recommends against extending shark catch and kill policy
Media Statement Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) 11. September 2014 —————————- EPA recommends Shark Hazard Mitigation Drum Line proposal should not be implemented Summary: The Environmental Protection Authority has today announced it has recommended the Western Australian Shark Hazard Mitigation...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Great White Shark allegedly caught in the Russian Far East – August 2014
Russian fishermen reportedly caught an adult Great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ) off the coast of Sakhalin which is an island in the North Pacific Ocean. Embedded below is a video showing the landing of the specimen. The...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Shark Attack File Clarification
Shark Attack File Clarification from us Shark Attack Survivors Many people wonder why our information is so much different than the information from the International Shark Attack File (ISAF). We both start off getting reports of shark attack. We...
Read full story Add a comment - 4 users commented on this post Results of the 2014 Yarmouth Shark Scramble
Fourteen boats gathered in Yarmouth to compete in the 2014 Shark Scramble. The participating anglers brought several sharks with a total weight of 8,430 lbs ( or 3,824 kg ) to the scale, over 5,300 lbs less than in...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Shark finning to be banned in New Zealand waters
Press Release Hon Nathan Guy, Primary Industries Minister Hon Dr Nick Smith, Conservation Minister 20. August 2014 ——————- Shark finning to be banned from 1 October A ban on the finning of all shark species within New Zealand waters...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post Results of seven US Shark Tournaments in New England and adjacent states, June – August 2014
Helmut Nickel (mail), Shark Year Magazine, 17. August 2014. This post provides an overview of the outcome of the following seven shark tournaments which took place in the northeastern region of New England and New York State from...
Read full story Add a comment - 0 users commented on this post NZ: Decade of great white shark research nears end
A joint 10-year NIWA and the Department of Conservation project to find out more about the great white sharks that inhabit New Zealand waters is coming to an end as scientists tackle the final phases of data analysis. NIWA...
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