Thursday, February 4, 2016

Shark News - February 4, 2016

Mako Shark

Surprise catch: 350-pound tiger shark torn up in boat propeller in Keys
The Marathon resident was shocked when he found a tiger shark mangled between the pod and the propeller of one of his 370 horse power Bravo ...

Bull sharks roam from reef to harbour to give birth
Bull sharks' image as harbour-hugging homebodies has been smashed, with scientists finding that the predators travel as far as 1400km through open ...

 
Conservationist Starts Hunger Strike for Sharks
It's been well documented that sharks aren't the mindless eaters we once thought. And, as it turns out, the conservationists protecting them might not ...

 
Large great white shark spotted at Kink off Narooma
A large great white shark estimated to be at least 5m in length was spotted just south of The Kink on the edge of the Continental Shelf off Narooma a ...

 
PHOTOS: Fish scrap could be bringing sharks to Agnes creek
A SHARK expert from Agnes Water said Gladstone council's removal of bins from the town's boat ramp is one of a list of reasons that could be behind ..

Great Barrier Reef bull sharks' secret lives revealed in radio tracking study
Bull sharks not only spend a lot of time on coral reefs, they can swim surprisingly long distances down Australia's east coast in summer to give birth, ...

 
Horrifying photos show dead sharks killed for their fins in Taiwan
According to TIME, Taiwan is the fourth largest market in Asia for shark fin soup. The country has enforced strict rules to help curb the activity.

 
VIDEO: Florida fishermen get up close and personal with great white shark
Some Florida fishermen got an up close and personal view that few get to see in person: a great white shark. Devin DellaCava and his father, Gino, ...

 
3 in 4 S'poreans would back law to reduce shark's fin consumption: WWF survey
SINGAPORE — Three in four people here, or 76 per cent, think the Government is not doing enough to protect sharks, and they are also willing to back ...

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