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The Cyclops Shark

2011-07-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

A one-eyed Bull Shark fetus was found stillborn inside its mother in Mexico recently. For more info on the story, check out the Pisces Fleet Sportsfishing Blog

French Surfer Killed In Savage Shark Frenzy

2011-06-19T23:14:00.000-07:00

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Shark Bytes - September 30, 2008

2008-09-30T08:56:00.000-07:00

Dogfish are among the most ancient animals with pressurized circulatory systems. They are believed to have evolved 400 million years ago.
A primitive fish lures scientists to Maine
Boston Globe - United States
These inconsequential-looking organs are shark rectal glands, which pump excess salt from sharks' blood. With one artery, one vein, and a single duct to ...

Man dives in to save dog from shark in Fla. attack
The Associated Press
(AP) — A dog is recovering after a Florida Keys carpenter dove in to save his pet from a shark. Greg LeNoir said he took his 14-pound rat terrier Jake for a ...

Porbeagle Shark
Fishermen net 7ft shark off Tynemouth coast
ChronicleLive - Newcastle upon Tyne,England,UK
The 7ft porbeagle shark was brought ashore and is now catching the attention of shoppers at the North Shields Fish Quay after it was snapped up by Seaview ...

2 men keep swimming after separate shark attacks
Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA
Paramedics called it the "weakest shark bite" ever. After his foot was treated, Logan covered the gauze with duct tape and got back on his surfboard. ...

There's more to Shark Bay than sharks:
Houston Chronicle - United States
The sprawling Shark Bay region is best reached from Perth, with most visitors heading directly for Denham or the resort at Monkey Mia. ...

Shark fin soup off menu after hunting decree
ArabianBusiness.com - Dubai,Umm al Qaiwain,United Arab Emirates
FIN-ISHED: Shark fin soup has been removed from the menu of a leading Abu Dhabi hotel following a UAE decree on shark hunting. A leading UAE hotel has taken ...

New Shark Bite Record Set In Volusia Co.
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA
Most of this year's shark bites have not been serious. However, most victims went to the hospital to be treated for their injuries.

Middle school teacher joins pelagic shark research
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
An alternative education science teacher for Newark Public Schools in Newark, NJ, joined an Earthwatch Institute sharks and rays research team for a ten day ...

Fisherman swims six hours in shark-infested waters
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
For half an hour, treading water in the cold sea off South Australia's Yorke Peninsula, the 33-year-old shark fisherman had kept talking to his two ...

Bite sets record only Jaws could love
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach,FL,USA
Attacks in Hawaii are usually more severe because the larger tiger shark is usually the culprit, he said. The same is true in California with its white ...

Shark Bytes - May 28, 2008

2008-05-28T19:05:00.000-07:00

3 shark attacks have Mexico resort area in panic
The Associated Press -
ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico (AP) — No one could even remember a shark attack along this resort-studded stretch of Mexican coast popular with surfers and Hollywood's ...

Mexico Navy hunts for sharks after attacks
Reuters - USA
By Noel Randewich MEXICO CITY, May 26 (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy searched for sharks in the ocean near Pacific surfing beaches on Monday, ...

Jaws attack in teen's bedroom
Halesowen News - Halesowen,England,UK
... "We kept Sam off school the next day as he was suffering from shock and I explained to them what had happened and they recorded it as a shark attack. ...

Shark surprise for Coast fisherman
Sunshine Coast Daily - Queensland,Australia
“It pretty much hammered me,’’ Scott said of the 2.56 metre tiger shark he cut off as soon as it was close enough to see. “I don’t kill ’em if I don’t eat ...

Calls for endangered shark management measures
Fish Update - Edinburgh,UK
Oceana is urging the European Union to support and pass a strong science-based Plan of Action for sharks. This year, seven more pelagic or open-ocean ...

Shark ordeal couple brand set-up claims preposterous
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
A COUPLE rescued from shark-infested waters off the Great Barrier Reef dismissed claims that they planned their ordeal as “preposterous” yesterday. ...

Four dead after boat capsizes in shark-infested waters
WLOS - Asheville,NC,USA
In the water were several bodies, with tiger sharks circling. Rescuers say one body was devoured as they watched. Police in Puerto Rico believe the victims ...

Mystery of basking shark habits uncovered
Times Online - UK
Isle of Man Britain's biggest shark species has been tracked for the first time for thousands of miles from waters southwest of the Isle of Man to Canada. ...

TWO SHARK ATTACKS IN MEXICO
Surfline.com Surf News - Huntington Beach,CA,USA
Mexican surfer Osvaldo Mata Valdovinos, 21, was attacked and killed by a 6-foot shark while surfing at Pantla Beach off the Pacific Coast of Mexico on ...

Shark hunter gets his monster
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
NO one believed Jackson Shaw when he told them he was going to catch a bull shark, but he proved them all wrong last week when he hauled in this 1.7m ...

Texas Surfer Survives Shark Attack in Mexico
MyFox WGHP - High Point,NC,USA
ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico -- A surfer from Texas survived a shark attack Saturday off a beach on the Pacific Ocean in Mexico. Bruce Grimes, 49, was bitten on the ...

Shark Consumes Drowning Victim
The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas
Police have reported that a fourth body was also seen floating but it was consumed by sharks. Devaughn Archer, a BASRA official, confirmed late Monday ...

The mysterious disappearance of Jack Smedley
di-ve.com - Malta
Officially, the disappearance of Jack Smedley, a retired naval officer and a teacher, was described as a rare unfortunate shark attack in Maltese waters. ...

Shark couple 'ignored instructions', says dive trip operator
Daily Mail - UK
Richard Neely, 38, and his American girlfriend Allyson Dalton, 40, survived 19 hours in shark-infested waters floating off Australia's Great Barrier Reef. ...

Swimming in success
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
"That would have been a great scientific advancement for a bull shark, because for a bull shark to be pregnant in captivity is very unusual," she said. ...

Boncuk Bay in Gökova Gulf is preparing for shark tourism
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
... Plumbeus is one of the biggest coastal sharks in the world, and is closely related to the dusky shark, the bignose shark, and the bull shark. ...

Shark Bytes - May 27, 2008

2008-05-27T01:48:00.000-07:00

Frederic Buyle's photography nominated for magazine cover
DeeperBlue.net - UK
The picture to vote for is "dancing with tigers", which represents William Winram swimming freely with a 4m tiger shark. To view the tiger shark photos, ...

All meat, and no fins, at Bali shark restaurant
Reuters - USA
Call it shark for food lovers with some conscience: an Indonesian chef is making soup and other dishes from the flesh of the big fish whose survival is ...

Oceanic white-tip shark expedition trip report
By echeng
I’m told often by folks who have been on the ocean for decades that that oceanic white-tip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) were once one of the most common sharks in the ocean. In a classic scene in the movie, Blue Water, White Death, ...

Petition Challenges Australia Shark Fishery
By admin
May 27, 2008 – At a time when the global community is finally taking notice that sharks are in desperate need of protection, Australia’s state of Queensland is preparing to take a major step backwards in the Great Barrier Reef reserve. ...

Ex-Swaffham diver survives shark ordeal
Lynn News - King's Lynn,UK
By Staff Copy A WEST Norfolk man who hit the headlines after spending 19 hours in shark-infested waters is facing calls to pay for his rescue. ...

Shark Image Gallery
Sharks are pretty notorious animals, and you may have never seen one up close and lived to tell about it. Browse our shark images for an in-depth look at this creature of the deep.

Fear of Sharks and Why They Don't BIte
By Ila France Porcher(Ila France Porcher)
As one of the few people who has conducted a long term ethological study of sharks, and the only one who went alone to watch them under a wide variety of circumstances, I have long acquaintance with the phenomenon of fear. ...

New shark: A-457
Shark A-457 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Surprising Autopsy Report In Deadly Shark Attack
News 8 - San Diego,CA,USA
The shark that killed a man in Solana Beach last month was not looking for food, according to an autopsy report. "It was not a feeding attack. ...

Fishier and fishier...doubts grow over shark couple's 'ordeal'
Daily Mail - UK
By Richard Shears They said they were stuck in shark-infested seas for 19 hours, unable to get back to their dive boat. But Richard Neely and his girlfriend ...

Surfing after the San Diego April 2008 shark attack
By tjkopcha
I’ve braved the waves twice now since the shark attack in April off Solana Beach Shark Warning , and I have to confess that my mind invents some pretty horrible scenarios as I float and bob on my surfboard. Yep, it’s scary. ...

Mexico Navy hunts for sharks after attacks
Reuters UK - UK
By Noel Randewich MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy searched for sharks in the ocean near Pacific surfing beaches on Monday, after two bathers were ...

More Shark News…
By vlad
I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, as we recently saw how there is a comeback of the humpback whale, but more sharks have been listed as endangered and on the brink of extinction. The latest IUCN report, a body which garners ...

Shark Fin Soup driving 11 species to extinction
By RYK
Tremendous demand for Shark Fin Soup is driving 11 shark species to extinction reports Discover Channel “Despite mounting evidence of decline and increasing threats to these species, there are no international catch limits for oceanic ...

Sting Ray & Shark Reef
The returning, seasonal Sharks and Stingrays exhibit at the Milwaukee County Zoo gives visitors the chance to not only watch two varieties of stingrays and two friendly species of

Croc eats shark
By Procrastinator(Procrastinator)
DARWIN, Australia -- An Australian fisherman watched in amazement -- and snapped pictures -- as a saltwater crocodile ate shark for dinner. Paul van Bruggen told the Northern Territory News that he and his companions heard splashing and ...

American surfer injured in shark attack
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Associated Press reports that a shark has injured a 49-year-old American surfer Saturday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, in the third attack in a month ...

Shark's fin soup debates
CSR Asia - Hong Kong SAR,China
The unlinkable Straits Times has recently facilitated an ongoing debate about the consumption of shark's fin soup in Singapore. An original weekend piece ...

The Fish Are Biting in Shark Swarm
MovieWeb - USA
They are causing the sharks to become extremely aggressive. The sharks are swarming in packs, attacking everyone in their sight. Daniel and his wife (Daryl ...

Shark Bytes - April 13, 2008

2008-04-13T21:36:00.000-07:00

Shark attack survivor's words of advice for surfer's friends
PerthNow - Perth,WA,Australia
INSPIRATIONAL shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton yesterday urged the friends of a young bodyboarder killed this week never to lose their love of surfing ...

Shark patrols extended
ABC Online - Australia
The South Australian Government has announced it has extended the current season's aerial shark patrols until the end of April. ...

Batangas exec orders probe of shark slaughter
Inquirer.net - Philippines
By Marlon Alexander Luistro LIPA CITY, Philippines--Following last week’s warning from shark specialist Dr. Simon Oliver that the Philippines might soon ...

New shark: P-171
whaleshark.org
Shark P-171 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Three die when shark-diving boat capsizes
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Chairperson of the Great White Shark Protection Foundation, Mariette Hopley, said the shark-cage diving boat had anchored just before a freak wave capsized ...

Shark men
Break4Fun
“Shark men”, he is trying to prove that sharks - does not crazy eating from the movie “Jaws”…In fact, they are joiners and substance available to anyone who understands their language.

Shark sighting off Coast beach
Sunshine Coast Daily - Queensland,Australia
The shark is believed to be well away from any flagged areas and lifeguards are just following up the report as a precaution. ...

Shark Bytes - April 12, 2008

2008-04-12T18:42:00.000-07:00

Bull Shark on fishing line.

Bullshark likely culprit for Ballina attack
Gold Coast Mail - Tweed Heads South,NSW,Australia
A 16-year-old boy killed off the NSW north coast was probably the victim of a bull shark, an expert says. The boy, from Wollongbar, west of Ballina, ...

Is Meg The Giant Shark Film Adaptation Back On?
Screen Rant - Ogden,UT,USA
... which is about one man's obsession with the legendary, prehistoric Carchadon Megalodon (aka, a 60 foot long great white shark ancestor). ...

New shark: P-168
whaleshark.org
Shark P-168 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Only shark fin will do
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Last week, I decided that it was time to overcome my provincialism and take seriously The New York Times's claim that Lai Wah Heen makes the best dim sum in ...

Paul’s been face-to-face with animal planet's most dangerous
Limerick Post - Limerick,Ireland
Once, I found myself two inches away from a great white shark while filming the Shark Gordon series for Discovery. "We took a boat out to a spot near a seal ...

Shark attack victim aims at Paralympics
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
A Cape Town swimmer who lost most of his right leg in a shark attack nearly two years ago is determined to take part in the Beijing Paralympics in November. ...

Shark Bytes - April 11, 2008

2008-04-11T19:23:00.000-07:00

Victoria Mathew comforts her son, Brock Curtis, following the death of his friend Peter Edmonds on Tuesday.
Shark attack hero appeals for privacy
The Northern Star - Lismore,New South Wales,Australia
The 16-year-old Wollongbar teenager, who on Tuesday tried to save Peter Edmonds after a shark attack, has called for the pack of national media to leave him ...

US Congress Pushes for True Shark Finning Ban
DeeperBlue.net - UK
Washington, DC, April 10 - A recent decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals prompted Congress to introduce the Shark Conservation Act of 2008 late ...

Shark director casts wide net
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
Stewart is devoted to the shark, and its crucial place at the top of the ocean food chain. So he's in France for one launch and talking about another - this ...

Alarm over shark hunting in Philippines
Macau Daily Times - Macau
Shark hunting in the Philippines has led to a drastic drop in the numbers of the creatures, authorities said yesterday, despite efforts to limit the ...

Daytripping with Kyle Jordan: Shark Tooth Capital of the World - (w/great news video)
Winknews.com - Fort Myers,Florida,USA
No, not sharks, but shark teeth! My photojournalist Jason Sill and I took a daytrip to the Venice beaches to check out the "Shark's Tooth Capital of the ...

Shark attack victim honoured
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
THE surfing club of a teenager killed by a shark at Ballina will hold a minute's silence before competition tomorrow. It will be a poignant tribute before ...

New shark: P-167
whaleshark.org
Shark P-167 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Shark Bytes - April 10, 2008

2008-04-10T17:41:00.000-07:00

Fishermen transport a load of harvested shark fins

Alarm over shark hunting in Philippines
AFP -
MANILA (AFP) — Shark hunting in the Philippines has led to a drastic drop in the numbers of the creatures, authorities said Thursday, despite efforts to ...

Slaughter of sharks raises alarm
Inquirer.net - Philippines
By Marlon Alexander Luistro BATANGAS CITY – The Philippines may soon lose its thresher sharks – listed as “vulnerable” species by the International Union ...

Community mourns
Ballina Shire Advocate - Ballina Shire,NSW,Australia
This was the first fatal shark attack in NSW since 1993 when a honeymooner died near Byron Bay's Julian Rocks, and it is the 73rd fatal shark attack ...

Warning to be careful of sharks at river mouths
Coff's Coast Advocate - Australia
That's the message from Coffs Harbour City Council's senior lifeguard, Sonny Tisdell, following Tuesday's fatal shark attack at Ballina. ...

New shark: P-164
whaleshark.org
Shark P-164 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Kiwi surfing star caught in shark scare
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
"I think every surfer knows that the risk of a shark attack is something you have to accept. We don't really think about it. But when something like the ...

Family of shark attack victim appeal for privacy
NSW Police Online - Australia
The family and friends of a body-boarder killed in a shark attack at Ballina on the state’s north coast earlier this week have requested that media ...

Catching 12-foot hammerhead shark provides spring-break highlight ...
nwitimes.com - Munster,IN,USA
Wilkinson's opponent was a massive, 12-foot-long hammerhead shark. "He wanted to try deep sea fishing, so we did a shared charter out of Fort Lauderdale," ...

Grey Carpet Shark
Shark diving - Byron Bay, Australia
travelpod.com
It's made the headlines internationally recently, as a 16 year old kid was killed by a bull shark here a couple of days ago; It's the first shark-inflicted death in the area for around 15 years. It seems the kid was ...

City Of Cape Town Beach Managers Hosted by the SOSF
By SharkWarrior(saveourseas)
Last week, Alison and the Save Our Seas Foundation hosted the City of Cape Town’s beach managers on the Save Our Seas Shark Centre’s research boat. The aim was to take the beach managers to Seal Island in False Bay to introduce them to ...

Service to farewell shark attack victim
ABC Online - Australia
The funeral of Peter Edmonds, the bodyboarder killed in a shark attack at Ballina on Tuesday morning, will be held next week at Alstonville in northern New ...

Newport Beach dentist Tom Rolfes, center, stitches up Rutu Meli, who was bit by a shark while spearfishing in Fiji
What happens when three sharks attack at once?
OCRegister - Orange Beach, CA, USA
It’s about local Newport surfer Thomas Rolfes, who happened to be on a remote island in Fiji when one of the natives was brought into the place he was staying at after a shark attack. It’s pretty amazing how Rolfes responded - hope you ...

Shark Bytes - April 9, 2008

2008-04-09T11:31:00.000-07:00

Australian teenager killed in shark attack
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
On the west coast, a teenage surfer was attacked by a bronze whaler shark last July in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a remote Australian territory in the ...

Beaches closed 'indefinitely' after fatal shark attack - (includes several news videos)
ABC Online - Australia
Several beaches on the New South Wales north coast will remain closed indefinitely after a fatal shark attack near Ballina this morning. ...

Australian teen surfer dies in shark attack
Reuters UK - UK
By Rob Taylor CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian teenager was killed in a shark attack on Tuesday while surfing in what lifesavers said were dangerous ...

Ballina shark attack: Teenager killed, fresh warnings issued
LIVENEWS.com.au - Sydney,NSW,Australia
A 16-year-old boy has died after being bitten on the leg and lower body by a shark at North Wall Beach (also known as Lighthouse Beach), Ballina. ...

History of shark attacks in Australia
NEWS.com.au - Australia
But while Australia is the second most likely country to witness a shark attack, after the United States, most attacks remain rare and not fatal. ...

Shark kills surfer, 16, off NSW coast
St Marys Star - Sydney,NSW,Australia
The website marinebio.org says the bull shark is a massive and fearsome shark with saw-edged upper teeth, up to 3.5 metres long. ...

Teen bodyboarder dies in Ballina shark attack-(includes news video)
Courier Mail - Australia
A TEENAGE bodyboarder saw the water turn red with blood as he tried to save his stricken mate who was fatally attacked by a shark on a beach at Ballina, ...

Teen killed by shark attack
CNN International - USA
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A teenage boy was killed in a shark attack Tuesday morning off Australia's eastern coast, health officials said. ...

New shark: P-161
whaleshark.org
Shark P-161 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Boy ignored shark to help mate
NEWS.com.au - Australia
A shark expert said the attack was likely to have been by a bull shark. John West, manager of life sciences at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, said recent rain on the ...

Bull shark the likely culprit
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A 16-year-old boy killed off the NSW North Coast was probably the victim of a bull shark, an expert says. The boy, from Wollongbar, west of Ballina, ...

Shark attack: sea turned red - (includes news video)
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
"The State Government has initiated the Shark Attack Response Plan, with a (Department of Primary Industries) scientist on the way to Ballina to assist ...

Shark attack: 'hero friend'
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The last fatal shark attack in the Northern Rivers region was at Byron Bay in 1993, Surf Life Saving said. A report is being prepared for the coroner.

First fatal shark attack in two years
NEWS.com.au - Australia
By Drew Cratchley THE fatal shark attack on a teenage surfer in northern New South Wales is the first in Australian waters in over two years, and the first ...

RECENT FATAL SHARK ATTACKS IN AUSTRALIA
Special Broadcasting Service - Australia
April 8, 2008: A 16-year-old boy from Wollongbar killed by a shark while bodyboarding off Ballina's Lighthouse Beach on the NSW north coast. ...

Aussie teen killed in shark attack - (includes excellent news video)
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
A teenage boy has told lifesavers how the sea turned red as his mate was fatally attacked by a shark on the New South Wales north coast. ...

'Best brother' taken by shark
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The sister of a boy killed in a shark attack in northern NSW says her family is devastated at the loss of "their baby". Peter Edmonds, 16, was fatally ...

Boy praised after trying to save friend killed by shark
Guardian - UK
Despite knowing that the shark was still prowling nearby, Brock Curtis-Mathew swam through water stained red with blood to help his badly mauled friend. ...

Courage: Brock Curtis-Matthew (right) with his friend Peter Edmonds who he tried to save
Shark kills 16-year-old surfer as he swims with friends at ...
Daily Mail - UK
The two were body surfing in rough seas when a large shark took two bites out of Peter's left leg. His friend Brock Curtis, also 16, said today: "I noticed ...

Flowers are placed on the beach where Peter Edmonds died after a shark attack.

Teen's morning of surfing ends in shark attack death
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Video A 16-year-old boy is dead after he was attacked by a shark near Ballina in northern NSW. SCHOOL was out for the morning because of a teachers' ...

Mum's tribute to shark attack victim
Gold Coast Mail - Tweed Heads South,NSW,Australia
Dozens of locals turned up to North Wall yesterday morning after hearing the sad news about the fatal shark attack. One man, who did not wish to be named, ...

shark tails
By ida
The shark comes into focus, and my mind slowly registers its magnitude: it is longer than the boat itself and clearly the grand poobah of all sharks. Visibility is roughly 20 feet, and I peer into the depths in search of its tail; ...

Boy's bid to save mate from shark
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
At that stage, he had no idea his "big mate" had been bitten on the leg by a shark and was moments away from death. "I just wanted to get straight to him, ...

Shark menace lurks off Coast beaches
Sunshine Coast Daily - Queensland,Australia
There has not been a fatal shark attack on a Sunshine Coast beach since the shark patrol program was put in place during the 1960s. ...

Family's tears for teen shark victim
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
THE mother of a teenager killed in a shocking shark attack at Ballina says the family has been left devastated by their sudden loss. ...

New shark: P-162
whaleshark.org
Shark P-162 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Shark fisherman Baden Ford, his son Riley, 3, Leon Buttenshaw (back) and Anthony Ogden (right) with the metre-wide jaws of a tiger shark caught off Ballina this week
Shark expert wants killers culled
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
Mr Ogden said it was possible a tiger shark had attacked Peter Edmonds yesterday morning, as authorities said the bite marks were large. ...

Director dives into shark film
Metro Canada - Ottawa - Ottawa,Canada
He shot it to make a point – sharks aren’t the relentless, bloodthirsty killers of myth, but smart, curious animals with more reason to be afraid of us than ...

NT fishos blamed for 'shark finning'
Northern Territory - Australia
CRUEL: Equinox fishing charters deckhand Daniel Rolfe with the shark caught with its fins cut off. Pictures: BRAD FLEET TERRITORY fishermen are believed to ...

Beach closed as friend recalls shark attack
Scopical - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Brock Curtis-Mathew has recalled the moment he found his friend in a sea of red following a shark attack on the north coast of New South Wales yesterday. ...

Don't vilify killer shark: Greens
ABC Online - Australia
The New South Wales Greens are urging people to keep yesterday's fatal shark attack on the state's north coast in perspective and not begin hunting down the ...

Shark Water World 3D Screensaver
The Shark Water World 3D Screensaver is not like common aquarium screensavers with their soothing presence. This screensaver takes you on a little underwater adventure when your PC is resting. A sunken pirate ship and fearsome sharks ...

Bull shark likely culprit in attack
Lismore Northern Star - Australia
By RACHEL AFFLICK rachel.afflick@northernstar.com.au A BULL shark was probably responsible for the attack that claimed the life of 16-year-old Peter Edmonds ...

I didn't think about fear, says teen shark hero
Sunday Times.au - Perth,WA,Australia
Authorities do not yet know what type of shark was involved in the attack, but one expert, Taronga Zoo's John West, said it was probably a bull shark. ...

Shark kills a loving son who lived to surf
Great Lakes Advocate - Green Lakes,NSW,Australia
The zoo's John West said it was probably a bull shark. White pointers and grey nurse sharks are also occasionally seen in the area. ...

Community mourns teen shark victim
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Schoolmates of the teenager killed by a shark on the NSW north coast are undergoing counselling as hundreds of people visit a lookout near the beach where ...

2nd Surfer Bitten By Shark At New Smyrna Beach In Week
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- News 13 has confirmed a surfer was bitten by a shark Sunday, bringing the total number of shark bites in 2008 to six. ...

Shark sighting halts surfing event in WA
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
The WA sighting follows the fatal shark attack at Ballina in northern NSW which claimed the life of 16-year-old bodyboarder Peter Edmonds on Tuesday. ...

Shark sighting closes beaches on Kauai
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
AP LIHUE¡½ Kauai lifeguards are advising people to stay out of the water off several north shore beaches because of shark sightings. ...

Whale Shark Watching
By andiesummerkiss
The only internationally renowned tourism attraction in this part of the Philippines is the Whale Shark watching (or Butanding for locals, in Bicol). Donsol - a seaside town - one hour drive away from Legazpi City. The whale sharks can ...

‘Shark week': Rhincodon typus is ocean's biggest fish ... and more
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
Answer: The biggest living shark in the ocean is the whale shark, Rhincodon typus. Not only is it the biggest shark, it's the biggest fish in the ocean! ...

Successful Shark Week Palau 2008
Marianas Variety - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
By Nazario Rodriguez Jr. There is only one word to assess the just-concluded 6th Annual Shark Week Palau 2008 from March 27 to April 3 – SUCCESS. ...

Shark attack hero will surf again
Courier Mail - Australia
By Greg Stolz TEEN shark attack hero Brock Curtis-Mathew yesterday vowed to ride the waves again in memory of his surf-mad mate Peter Edmonds. ...

Shark-attack hero just wants mate back
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
Despite the best efforts of emergency services, Peter was pronounced dead on the beach as a result of two large shark bites. Still visibly shaken by the ...

New shark: H-059
whaleshark.org
Shark H-059 has been added to the ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library.

Schoolmate vigil pays tribute to shark victim
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
A schoolmate, Elisa McCarthy, told reporters Peter's friends were supporting each other in the aftermath of the shark attack. ...

Shark Bytes - April 7, 2008

2008-04-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

North Wall Ballina

Boy, 16, killed in shark attack
Mercury - Hobar,Tasmania,Australia
A 16-YEAR-old boy has died after being bitten by a shark on the New South Wales north coast, Sky News reports. The incident happened at Ballina. ...

Shark attack: teen dead
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A teenage boy has died after being attacked by a shark near Byron Bay, the Ambulance Service says. Emergency services were called to North Wall Beach in ...

Boy. 16, killed in shark attack
Gold Coast News - Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
... shark off Shelly Beach at Ballina in February last year. In 2001 a surfer was knocked off his board by a bronze whaler shark at Lennox Head but he survived.

Aim for survival, not death, of species
Boston Globe - United States
THE STORY on the Monster Shark Tournament cited the Boston Big Game Fishing Club scoffing at data that show shark declines. These studies come from the ...

Sharks everywhere as experts tour bay
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
ALGOA Bay last week lived up to its reputation for being one of the best shark viewing spots in the world. Because of the bay‘s position on the cusp of warm ...

Virtual Underwater Gallery (Blu-Ray)
ComingSoon.net - USA
Filmed in visually stunning high definition video 'Sharkwater' takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world exposing the exploitation and ...

Shark Research Program at the University of Florida Museum of ...
Attack statistics, breaking news about sharks, information about Great white and Megamouth sharks, sharkshark fishery ...

Quezon task force seizes cargo of alleged young whale sharks
Inquirer.net - Philippines
By Delfin Mallari Jr. LUCENA CITY -- A cargo of baby sharks, four of them allegedly from the “butanding” (whale sharks) species were intercepted in nearby ...

On the Trail of a Great White
Discovery Channel - USA
April 7, 2008 -- Researchers, and anyone else with Internet access, may now track near real time movements of a juvenile great white shark that was released ...

VP Chin says comprehensive legislation against shark finning is needed
Marianas Variety - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
Speaking before participants of the Shark Week 2008 sponsored by the Micronesian Shark Foundation at the Barracuda Restaurant on Wednesday night, ...

Bellarine Peninsula sharks to be tagged
Geelong Advertiser - Geelong,Victoria,Australia
SCIENTISTS will soon start tagging great white sharks off the Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast as part of a national research project. ...

a shark in the water@&^$#*^%!!!!
By Dirk Westphal
so were were looking through some more of our vacation fotos at the Harmony- and we noticed what looks like a shark circling in the water in the background. we drove north I guess for about 45 minutes along the coast and went for a ...

Shark Bytes - April 6, 2008

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Shark Mountain WS PDTV XviD-FTP
By Mr. X
COPS and AMW is going to take a break from rlslog this week, so Ill be posting some good documentaries released throughout this week. This is a colourful documentary about two experienced underwater filmmakers who have agreed to ‘let us ...

COMMENTS & CURIOSITIES: Sights not so great
Daily Pilot - Costa Mesa,CA,USA
A great white shark is not unprecedented around here, but is very rarely close enough to shore to swim up and say hi to a nice new human friend. ...

Shark
By Oscarandre
There is a shark in our river. Below the surface of things. He swims where people feign. No memory of him. Yachts capsize and sailors. Strike towards the shore. Legs kicking into the darkness. And the chill. At Point Walter ...

Doco made of dolphins saving NZers from sharks
TV3 News - Auckland,New Zealand
It was later discovered the dolphins were protecting them from a great white shark attack. The story was splashed across headlines worldwide, eventuating in ...

Shark Bytes - April 5, 2008

2008-04-05T17:18:00.000-07:00

Hammerhead Shark Superhighway
ABC News - USA
By RAQUEL HECKER and OLIVIA STERNS A scientist hoping to save hammerhead sharks from extinction is leading a team of researchers who are tracking the fish ...

Sharky Waters
San Clemente Times - San Clemente,CA,USA
By Norb Garrett and Nathan Wright Concerned about an encounter with a great white shark while surfing in area waters? San Clemente surfer Robert Rumph ...

New Smyrna surfer suffers 'very deep' gash from shark
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach,FL,USA
"One nurse said it was the biggest (shark bite) she had seen since she has been here." Beach Patrol spokesman Capt. Scott Petersohn said this attack puts ...

Teresa Holloway is recovering at home after shark attack.
Indiana woman bitten by shark
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Pendleton - An Indiana mom and her kids are back home following a spring break vacation that sent her to the hospital with a shark bite. ...

Joe Giangrasso
Surfer describes shark attack
NECN - Newton,MA,USA
(NECN/ABC) - Hours after being bitten by a shark in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Joe Giangrasso is still stunned. "I was so scared man, i didn't know what to ...

Photos: Shark swap at the acquarium
By Joshua Curry
The South Carolina Acquarium recently exchanged one of their female sharks for a pubescent male shark from the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Went ours early in the morning, so this bleary-eyed photog didn’t make it, ...

New NBC Series: Shark Taggers - Summer 2009
Cinema Blend - USA
One of the shows that peaked my interest, Shark Taggers, won’t begin till next summer, but it is currently scheduled for the 8-9 slot on Wednesdays. ...

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Shark Diving in Hawaii
By the.status.joe
What’s missing from this raw footage is me puking off the deck afterwards — above a circling shark that seems to be waiting for chunks like a dog for scraps. All he got was ingested seawater, though, which — on top of hyperventilation, ...

Expedition Shark blog is live!
By WENDEE HOLTCAMP
The Discovery Channel Expedition Shark blog is live now- my 1st post is now on, so check it out and post comments! http://blogs.discovery.com/expedition_shark/ I'm at sea now, and we'll lose internet/email coverage witin the hour so ...

Malaysian Fisherman Reels in Shark with ‘Webbed Feet’
By Xeno
Has anyone ever seen a baby shark with webbed feet? A worker of the Malaysian Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) in Batu Maung, Penang, made this unusual find when she was given the 1.7kg fish by a fisherman at the jetty recently. ...

Shark ahoy!
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
Just my luck — I’m about to splash my way through a stretch of water renowned for having the highest concentration of white sharks in the world, ...

Shark Bytes - April 3, 2008

2008-04-03T15:55:00.000-07:00

Aussie shark finning up 500 percent
CDNN - New Zealand
by SAFFRON HOWDEN SYDNEY, Australia (3 Apr 2008) — Australian fishermen caught more than 300 tonnes of shark meat in NSW last year - five times the usual ...

Great White in Gracetown
August Margaret River Mail - Augusta,Western Australia,Australia
AN estimated 4m Great White Shark was spotted near Cowaramup Bay’s boat moorings on Sunday morning. A local fisherman contacted Margaret River Sea Rescue, ...

The Monster Shark Tournament has run for 22 years and draws hundreds of participants
From 'Jaws' to a plea to save sharks
Boston Globe - United States
Yes, the book may be one of the scariest shark tales of modern times. Yes, it spawned a movie that forced generations of swimmers to think twice before ...

Inquest: Sharks at scuba diving tourist near British Virgin Islands shark feeding site
CDNN - New Zealand
by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Safety News Editor Truth: Dive industry-endorsed shark feeders and shark baiters aim to profit from so-called "interactive" shark ...

A shark's tale...or not?
OCRegister - Santa Ana,CA,USA
Did a great white shark attack a surfer's board at Dog Beach? We'll let you decide Tom Larkin was sitting on his board, enjoying the surf at Dog Beach in ...

VP Chin to speak at conclusion of Shark Week 2008
Marianas Variety - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
By Nazario Rodriguez Jr. VICE President Elias Camsek Chin will speak before participants of the Shark Week 2008 at around 7 pm tomorrow April 2 as ...

Shark's life 'could have been saved'
Manly Daily - Manly,NSW,Australia
A YOUNG great white shark that washed up on both Freshwater and Queenscliff beach may have been able to be saved if the proper authorities had been notified ...

The Peter Benchley Shark Conservation Awards
PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA
Princeton, NJ, April 02, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The Shark Research Institute created the Peter Benchley Shark Conservation Awards to honor the memory of the late ...

Lakes aquarium contract is boost for Fylde coast PR firm
Blackpool Gazette - Blackpool,England,UK
... piece of technology simulating the experience of going underwater and coming face to face with a Nile crocodile, an angry hippo or a hungry bull shark. ...

Aquarium's dive program helps debunk shark myths
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
The grouper, along with dozens of sharks, is part of the Dive with the Sharks program. The Florida Aquarium , 701 Channelside Dr., Tampa, offers its Dive ...

RC Cyborg Shark- talk about a pool shark!
By craig
RC Cyborg Shark, Swim Ways, Remote Control Shark Even kids that dislike scary sharks will like this one. The RC Cyborg Shark from Swim Ways is a remote controlled animatronic shark that swims with life-like movements via a fully ...

Shark Chronicles 008 – 24 hrs tracking
By Enrico(Enrico)
We successfully completed a twenty four hour tracking session of Sampla, our first tagged shark. It was a gruelling tracking session, not least because it involved only me (Enrico), Andrea and Antonin (our two first students). ...

Aldabra has the feeling of a true Jurassic Park
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Even the majestic tiger shark, which should be here, has not unveiled its whereabouts. So far we have photographed and filmed an abundant population of reef ...

Swimmer Bitten By Shark At Local Beach
WESH.com - Winter Park,FL,USA
A swimmer at New Smyrna Beach was injured on Thursday when he was bitten by a shark. It was the fourth reported shark attack in 2008, officials said. ...

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Shark bites New Smyrna Beach surfer
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
Shark Bites Surfer
WPTV - West Palm Beach,FL,USA

Stupid media, always picking on lovable sharks
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
Tiger shark embryos fight each other in the mother's womb. The winner gets to be born. Something that had sibling rivalry to the death before birth isn't ...

Shark frenzy at Bungan
Manly Daily - Manly,NSW,Australia
The shark scare at Bungan yesterday follows the discovery of a juvenile great white shark near the shore at Freshwater on Tuesday. ...

Shark's Teeth Found in Teen's Wound after Shark Attack
Local6.com - Orlando,FL,USA
A man in New Smyrna Beach hospitalized after being bitten by a shark near the south jetty is the third bite victim in 10 days. ...

Pendleton woman bit by shark
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
ANDERSON, Ind. (The Herald Bulletin) - A Pendleton woman was bitten by a small shark March 28 while on vacation in Florida. Teresa Holloway of Pendleton was ...

Shark Bytes - April 1, 2008

2008-04-01T19:16:00.000-07:00

Shark sightings close Hanalei Bay
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
Hanalei Bay is closed due to shark sightings in the area. The bay was closed yesterday at around 4 pm and will remain closed at least until for 4 pm today. ...

Cowaramup Bay shark search called off
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The Margaret River sea rescue says it will not be continuing a search for a three metre shark spotted off Western Australia's south-west coast yesterday. ...

Dolphin doco is making big splash
Northern Advocate - Whangarei,New Zealand
It was then that a lifeguard saw a great white shark and realised the dolphins were protecting the group from a shark attack. The Northern Advocate broke ...

Blind woman swims with the sharks for charity dare
Daily Post - Llandudno Junction,UK
Yesterday evening she donned diving gear and dipped into the water to swim with a 10ft sand tiger shark. Although sand tigers can eat just about anything ...

12' Tiger Shark in Kauai's Hanalei Bay
By Rob
The Tiger Shark had been spotted at 4pm Saturday swimming in shallow water and under the pier. Since it had been almost 24 hours since the sighting, we decided to swim laps close to the lifeguard station in case there was a problem. ...

Shark sightings close Hanalei Beach
Lihue Garden Island - Lihue,HI,USA
Shark sightings late Saturday afternoon closed the bay, which was supposed to reopen yesterday afternoon but instead remained closed at least until this ...

Shark story continues
By Laylan Connelly
He’s the president of the Shark Research Committee, and he started in 1962 as a field investigator tracking great whites’ behavior for the Smithsonian Institute and the Office of Naval Research. He also claims to be the scientist who in ...

A Benchley says the time to hunt sharks is over
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com - Trenton,NJ,USA
That year, a fisherman snagged a 1191-pound tiger shark, but made national headlines when he was six minutes late for the weigh-in. ...

Delta Airlines Serves Shark Fin
By FiNS Team
Delta Airlines apparently served braised shark fin to celebrate its inaugural non-stop flight from Atlanta to Shanghai. It’sa good thing that officials from the airline and the Governor of Georgia were on hand to underscore their ...

A shark bite stirs up some froth
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
Mayfield -- The shark bite on Nick Canganelli's shin is no big deal for West Palm Beach, Fla., where it takes a gory mauling to attract attention. ...

The shark on a rooftop
The shark on a rooftop The Headington Shark is a sculpture situated at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a shark embedded head-first in the roof of the house. The shark first appeared on August 9, 1986. ...

Great Bite Pointer
Manly Daily - Manly,NSW,Australia
ONE of the most feared ocean creatures, the great white shark was caught off both Freshwater and Queenscliff beaches yesterday as swimmers enjoyed the last ...

Shark washed up on Sydney beach
NEWS.com.au - Australia
ONE of the ocean's most feared predators has been found on a popular Sydney beach after repeated sightings over several hours.

Shark costume
By admin
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Bertha, New York Aquarium’s Oldest Shark, Is Dead
New York Times - United States
By Sewell Chan Bertha, a sand tiger shark, was believed to be at least 43 years old. (Photo: New York Aquarium) Bertha, a sand tiger shark who had lived at ...

Teen Bitten by Shark on Spring Break
Fox 8 News WJW - Cleveland,OH,USA
A Mayfield teen is recovering after he was bitten by a shark during a Florida family vacation. 15-year-old Nick Canganelli traveled with his family to West ...

Shark Bytes - March 29, 2008

2008-03-29T11:47:00.000-07:00

Shark jumps into boat full of children
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
By Rebecca Milne A shark jumped into a boat, terrifying the four children and two fishermen aboard, near Waiheke Island last week. The 1.5m thresher shark ...

Hunt on to preserve shark numbers
NEWS.com.au - Australia
SHARK researcher Adam Smith is on a mission – to change the public perception of sharks and get a more accurate picture of the number of the predators ...

It's the hunting of the shark...
Portsmouth News - Portsmouth,England,UK
A family fun day hunting for shark egg cases has been organised at Pagham Harbour, near Bognor Regis. The cases are common in the harbour. ...

Beachgoers abuzz about sharks
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Rumors of great white shark sightings along the Southern California coast in recent weeks are the buzz of the beach, leaving a few surfers spooked. ...

Shark Dive Part Deux
By tcpatton
I finally got my shark dive video uploaded to Google Video. It just gets cooler every time I watch it, and it really makes me look forward to going diving again this summer. Rather than send you chasing across the blog, ...

Expedition Shark blog!
By WENDEE HOLTCAMP
You can follow my adventures in Australia's Coral Sea as I blog live for Discovery Channel on shark research being filmed for Discovery's 2008 Shark Week program Expedition Shark, along with underwater photographer Cat Gennaro. ...

OC Lifeguards Say Shark Story Hoax, Expert Disagrees
KNBC.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Orange County lifeguards said Friday that they have no plans to close the beach based on online reports of a great white shark attack off Huntington Beach ...

Dangerous shores for Jaws

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Dangerous shores for Jaws
Olive Press - Orgiva,Granada,Spain
Once bitten, not exactly shy, the world’s most famous shark attack survivor tells BOB MADDOX why we must embrace the fearsome predator… or risk losing the oceans themselves. ...

Shark Bytes - March 28, 2008

2008-03-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

Swimming with sharks: is it ever safe?
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida records, on average, fewer than 200 attacks a year worldwide, of which less than five per ...

An Insider's Perspective on Sharks
Washington Post - United States
See a sand tiger shark and more on a behind-the-scenes tour at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. (National Aquarium In Baltimore) Comments that include ...

The shark rides again
ABC Online - Australia
By Matt Wordsworth I don't want to start sounding like The Shark Files after our story on the massive bull shark but there is another big tale under the ...

Snorkeling Teen Finds Shark Tooth
The Associated Press
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — David Wentz was snorkeling off Marysville Beach in the St. Clair River last August when what he thought was an odd-looking rock ...

Shark Bytes - March 26, 2008

2008-03-26T16:02:00.000-07:00

Something Personal
The Smart Set - Philadelphia,PA,USA
“But a great white shark patrols those waters,” I tell them. I had seen the shark story in the Cape Cod Times upon our arrival at the cheap motel at Orleans ...

Robben Island: Where Nelson Mandela was held prisoner for nearly 20 years.
Swimmers brave Robben Island swim
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Accomplished swimmer Achmat Hassiem - who qualified for the Beijing Paralympics later this year - and who lost part of his right leg in a shark attack in ...

Shark Bytes - March 25, 2008

2008-03-25T08:44:00.001-07:00

Lauren Smith studied dogfish, a type of small shark.

Sharks 'may predict the storms'
BBC News, UK
Lauren Smith, 24, is close to completing her PhD studies into the pressure-sensing abilities of sharks. If her studies prove the theory, scientists in future could monitor the behaviour of sharks to anticipate severe weather fronts. ...

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Shark Bytes - March 24, 2008

2008-03-24T08:47:00.000-07:00

44 Days Of Freedom Took A Young Great White Shark South Of Baja
eFluxMedia - USA
By Dee Chisamera One month and a half after the Monterey Bay Aquarium released a young specimen of great white shark into the ocean, they reported its ...

Great white shark speeds south
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A GREAT white shark released from the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California six weeks ago has already swum past the southern tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula ...

Released Great White Shark Makes Incredible Progress
dBTechno - Boston,MA,USA
Washington (dbTechno) - The great white shark that was released from the Monterey Bay Aquarium in February definitely knew what it meant to swim and don’t ...

Blue Planet Aquarium becomes home to world's deadliest fish
Wrexham Leader - Wrexham,Wales,UK
Stonefish are believed by many to be the deadliest fish in the world, and they are set to provide a rival to the sand tiger shark for the title of most ...

Films take break from believability
UW Badger Herald - Madison,WI,USA
There’s a shark attack… during spring break! That’s really all there is to the made-for-TV film which cleverly adapts the archetypal shark scare concept made ...

Shark Bytes - March 23, 2008

2008-03-23T01:35:00.000-07:00

Pedro's Perils and Pearls: Dangerous waters - Sharks and more at Pedro Banks
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
"Wi used to dive together and is him save mi when some shark attack mi," Rose tells The Sunday Gleaner. The attack he describes is similar to Blackwood's ...

Released by aquarium, baby Great White Hustles to Mexico
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
(03-22) 19:30 PDT -- One of California's best wildlife stories of the year, tracking the coastal adventures of a young great white shark, took a stunning ...

Shark Bytes - March 20, 2008

2008-03-20T16:18:00.000-07:00

Monterey Researchers Track Freed Great White Shark
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
MONTEREY (BCN) ― The white shark released back into the wild in early February by the Monterey Bay Aquarium has already traveled past the southern tip of ...

Great White Shark Released In Monterey Swims To Cabo
SFist - San Francisco,CA,USA
But as luck would have it, a recently released great white shark made its way from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to the warm waters just south of Baja. ...

Aquarium's freed great white swims past Baja
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
(03-20) 12:38 PDT MONTEREY -- A great white shark that was released from the Monterey Bay Aquarium in February is now south of Baja, the aquarium said today ...

Monterey Aquarium Great White Makes It To Baja
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA
The great white shark that was once on display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium made it to the Baja peninsula in a third of the time it took its predecessors, ...

Shark Bytes - March 17, 2008

2008-03-17T09:48:00.000-07:00

5 fishermen, 2 plumbers and a jogger land shark
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
But Bill Athanasslies' catch near Point Lonsdale pier on Tuesday — a 250-kilogram, three-metre-long bronze whaler shark — was too toxic for human ...

Boy, 8, may have been bitten by shark
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
The most recent shark attack in Lee County was July 1, 2005, when a young Austrian tourist was bitten on the right ankle.

Defending the Wild
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Floating in the ocean and watching a large bull shark swim towards you with its back arched is to be in the wild; where you are not the centre of the world ...

We're not going to need a bigger boat
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
Quite a whopper of a fish tale is landing in inboxes around Maryland about a great white shark caught in the Chesapeake Bay. Before you get all panicky, ...

In-form Fitzgibbons faces shark survivor Hamilton
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
By Amanda Lulham AUSTRALIAN junior world surfing champion Sally Fitzgibbons will tackle shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton of Hawaii in today's ...

Brisbane River shark's death sparks debate
NEWS.com.au - Australia
The University of Florida international shark attack file recorded just four deaths from sharks world-wide in 2006. Mr Gorrie agreed, saying the shark's ...

Encourage shark shield use: deputy coroner
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Jarrod Stehbens, 23, was scuba diving, collecting cuttlefish eggs for a research project, when he was taken by a great white shark in the Gulf of St Vincent ...

Great White Shark stroked by scientist: Photo
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
It is the moment a scientist patted a ferocious Great White Shark that burst out of the water alongside his boat off the coast of Australia. ...

Shark shield 'may not have saved diver'
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... eggs as part of a research project at Adelaide University when he was attacked without warning by what is believed to have been a Great White shark. ...

Shark caught off Latsi
Cyprus Mail - Nicosia,Cyprus
Last August, British tabloids had claimed that a Great White Shark was causing panic and chaos on the beaches of Larnaca, but the Cyprus Tourist ...

Dolphin leads whales out of hot water
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... Chinese invaders. ound themselves confronted by a great white shark off the coast of New Zealand claimed they survived thanks only to a pod of dolphins. ...

Under the Sea at the Aquarium of the Pacific
Valley Star (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
If you want to touch any of nine types of sharks, like the bull shark and the sand tiger shark, visit the Shark Lagoon, part of the outdoor explorer cove ...

Sharks' demise unsettling
Brunswick News - GA, United States
"It all started with 'Jaws'," she said, recalling the 1975 fictional movie about a great white shark that attacked swimmers and boaters. ...

Ancient giant's tooth found
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
A ranger on the island told him it belonged to a megalodon, a huge, extinct relative of the great white shark. "It's probably been on the beach for a few ...

YouTube video of great white shark death helps feds reel in fines
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Witness the case against a Fort Lauderdale charter captain and his mate, who were cited for killing a great white shark caught by one of their customers. ...