Sunday, February 7, 2016

Shark News - February 7, 2016

Deep Blue

'I'm going to die today'
Shark attack survivors have to deal with significant physical and emotional pain. So why are they treated as ocean intruders getting their just deserts?

NSW spear fisherman gets films face-to-face encounter with great white shark
"The fishing boats want to catch a nice big game fish like a kingfish, or a dolphinfish, and the sharks want the same thing so not surprising to see them ...

 
WA shark study questions affect of tagging on animals' feeding ability
SHARK attack survivors want authorities to test whether shark tags could be contributing to attacks on people, after a WA study found the acoustic tags ...

 
Shark attack victim campaigns to save creatures
Back in 2006, Achmat Hassiem was an aspiring soccer player who was also training to be a lifeguard. But a shark attack in the waters of False Bay, ...

 
Food for thought: Hong Kong shark fin protesters take campaign directly to diners
Shark fin protesters dropped in on unsuspecting lunchtime diners in North Point yesterday to parade the message of conservation ahead of the Lunar ...

 
UNSEEN FOOTAGE: World's biggest great white shark lurks within inches of divers
The giant shark is also seen swallowing hunks of meat whole off the coast of ... Mr Maier, 48, said: "Deep Blue is a very large female shark and she is ...

 
'World's biggest great white shark' filmed by diver is as huge as JAWS
A diver has filmed what experts believe is the biggest great white shark ever caught on camera - and she's HUGE. The seven metre-long female, ...

 
Uproar spreads after sport fishermen catch and kill 1379-pound tiger shark
After fishermen in Australia reeled in a tiger shark weighing nearly 1,400 pounds — a potential world record, they said — their fish tale triggered ...

 
New Footage of Largest White Shark Ever Filmed Released
The largest Great White shark ever caught on film is back and bigger than we remember. The crew that that encountered Deep Blue back in November ...

 
Shark research questioned as only two of WA's 19 tiger sharks sent data
JUST two of WA's 19 tagged sharks transmitted data in the past month, raising questions about the success of the $1 million satellite tagging program ...

 
Shark bites woman at southeast beach
A woman walking in shallow water has been attacked by a shark at Nth Stradbroke Island.

 
Angleton spear fisherman has brush with bull sharks
After hitting a wahoo with his speargun while standing in the water, the fish darted off and reappeared seconds later — this time with a bull shark on its ...

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