The shark harvests of a total of 34 vessels were monitored

  The shark harvests of a total of 34 vessels were monitored over 13 days. Juvenile shark landings raise concern  The ARAP informed that the most often targeted species are the hammerhead,...

Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil

Urgent Need for Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil 9 - 15 November 2009 The United Nations has passed eight resolutions calling on Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) to improve the management of...

Hong Kong's ghostly seas warn of looming global tragedy

Shark fins for sale.Death in Hong Kong: Polluted seas warn of looming tragedyHONG KONG — The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong's famous seafood restaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of...

Humans kill 100 million sharks a year ...and for what?

Human beings are skilled at justification. Every year humans slaughter over 100 million sharks yet we depict them as vicious and blood-thirsty killers. No more than 12 people a year are killed by sharks worldwide....

Good News For Sharks - If They Live in Palau

The president of the Pacific country, Palau, Johnson Toriboing, announced some good news for sharks.  He made the announcement that the entire territory controlled by Palau will become a sanctuary for...

Shark Week 2009: Discovery Channel Air Annual Shows About Sharks

What would summer be without Shark Week. For the 22nd year, the Discovery Channel will feature programming about sharks. Shark Week started back in 1987 and was named after a novella by writer Nicholas Hill. Here's...

Mexico's navy finds cocaine inside frozen sharks

Mexico navy has seized more than a tonne of cocaine stuffed inside 20 shark carcasses. " Mexico's navy has seized more than a tonne of cocaine stuffed inside frozen sharks, as drug gangs under military pressure go to greater lengths to conceal narcotics bound for the United...

A Close Encounter With Danger

Of the 700 swimmers who took part in a race Sunday off Cronulla beach in Sydney, Australia, very few realized that they were swimming with sharks. One hammerhead was spotted near the racers, and another smaller...

Sharks, not humans, most at risk in ocean

 Barry Artiste Op/EdYou know stating Sharks are more at risk, than humans, perhaps never had a shark swallow your dangly nibbly bits.  Perhaps they should do a remake of Jaws and replace the shark with a...

Shark attack: man bitten

  Reports that sharks actually have a relatively weak bite won't come as much consolation to this surfer who was bitten on the thigh whilst surfing out by Fingal Head in New South Wales, Australia. Stories...

Shark Attack in Western Australia

Brian Guest was snorkelling with his son at a beach just south of Perth, Western Australia, when he disappeared. His son alerted the beach partrol, who is saying that the incident looks like a shark attack. A...

Do Sharks Enjoy Christmas Songs?

Do sharks like Christmas music? Well scientists are going to test this theory to see if they can recognize the meoldies of some Christmas favourites. Nurse Sharks, Black-tip Reef Sharks and Ray species will all...

Happy Thanksgiving...Or "Whale Shark Day" India

While the rest of America scarfed down an estimated 200 million turkeys yesterday a small but growing festival in India "Whale Shark Day" gathered crowds again for the 4th year in a row.As part of an ongoing effort to protect Whale Sharks in India and build on shark tourism...

See 4-D Polar Express for Christmas at the National Aquarium

With pocket watch in one hand and oil lantern in the other, the mid-twentieth century train conductor greets us with a drawn out baritone "alllll aboard." Not the usual greeting one would expect at the National...

Night at the Aquarium

Unlike the hit comedy, "Night at the Museum" the exhibits at the National Aquarium in Baltimore really do come alive after hours. Well, okay they are alive during the day as well, but at night, you get to see them...

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