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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Shark News - May 31, 2016



Shark attack injures surfer at Mandurah beach
A 17-year-old boy has lost his leg and is fighting for his life after a shark attack at Falcon Beach in Mandurah on Tuesday afternoon. Mandurah Mail ...

Teen surfer injured in suspected shark attack, south of Perth
A teenage boy has been injured in what is believed to have been a shark attack off the Mandurah coast, south of Perth. Police and ambulance officers ...

Shark attack in WA: teenage surfer bitten at Falcon, south of Perth
A teenage boy is believed to have been attacked by a shark south of Perth. There are unconfirmed reports the victim is a 17-year-old boy. The extent of ...

Bethany Hamilton: One-armed shark attack survivor beats world's best surfer in Fiji
The 26-year-old's left arm was bitten off in a shark attack in 2003. The Hawaiian beat six-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore and world number ...


Victim of Shark Attack Expected to Survive, Hospital Says
Jeff Corliss, a spokesman with Orange County Global Medical Center, said Monday that the woman's injuries are consistent with a shark bite. Corliss ...

Shark Attack Wound Is 'Very Obviously a Mouth,' Doctors Say
Possible Shark Attack The Associated Press. In this Sunday, May 29, 2016, photo, a lifeguard warns beach goers to stay out of the water at Corona del ...

Giant Dead Basking Shark Resurfaces in Boston Harbor
The carcass of a basking shark at least 24 feet long that was first seen stuck to the bow of a container ship in Boston Harbor more than two weeks ago ...

'Shark Center' in Chatham opens ahead of shark season
The Chatham Shark Center first opened its doors in 2015. At that time, however, it only offered visitors two displays — one about gray seals, the ...
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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Shark News - May 29, 2016


Great White Shark

Breaking: Woman reportedly bitten by great white shark in Southern California
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O.C. beach evacuated after woman injured in possible shark attack
LA Time


How to win a fight with a shark
See a shark and think it's about to attack? Act "big," because sharks respect size and strength, says shark expert George Burgess, director of the ...

All sharks are not alike: A new study shows unique personality differences
Sharks have personalities, too. A group of researchers at Australia's Macquarie University department of biological sciences found that the behavior of ...

Why shark attacks could be on the rise around the world
The International Shark Attack File, the longest running database on worldwide shark attacks, said it investigated 164 reports in 2015. The group ...

Warning to swimmers and dog-owners after pet pooch seriously injured in shark attack at The Spit
A DOG owner has warned of potentially deadly sharks cruising The Spit after ... Shorn's vet said the only explanation for his injury was a shark attack.

Survivor of WWII Shipwreck in Shark-Infested Waters Among Speakers at Veterans Memorial ...
... who sank the Indianapolis, and Alexes Shuman, the daughter of the pilot who eventually rescued the survivors in the midst of a deadly shark attack.

Our Local Sharks Prefer Seafood
But except for the famous 1916 attacks off Beach Haven and in the Manasquan River, no other mortal shark attacks have been recorded in New ...

State expert: The great white sharks haven't arrived in force — yet
But it doesn't mark the beginning of great white shark season. State marine ... The last fatal shark attack in Massachusetts was in 1936. In 2012, a ...

OCEARCH to partner with NC Aquarium, UNCW on shark expedition
WILMINGTON -- Shark research nonprofit OCEARCH will partner with the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher and the University of North Carolina ...

Banned From Some Indonesian Waters, Shark Fishers Simply Move Elsewhere
Each year, millions of sharks are killed in Indonesian waters, home to the world's largest shark fishery. Over the past decade, conservation groups and ...

Stunning Beach in Brazil Has Highest Rate of Shark Attacks in the World
The beaches in Recife Brazil are known to be one of the most shark infested beaches in the world. In 2012, there are 56 recorded fatal attacks in a ...

Shark bite victims talks about recovery
LAKE MARY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - It has been six months since a Colorado tourist who was visiting Florida was attacked by a shark off Cocoa Beach.

Person injured in possible shark attack, Corona del Mar State Beach waters closed
NEWPORT BEACH – A person was transported by ambulance Sunday afternoon to an area hospital following a possible shark attack in Newport ...

Young teenage boy bit by shark at Neptune Beach
This is the first shark bite to happen at Neptune Beach this year, but this news comes during a time where concerns for beach goers are high. Recently ...


Basking Shark dwarfs surfer
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Shark News - January 25, 2016


Oceanic white tip shark goes nose-to-nose with diving instructor
25 (UPI) -- A diving group in the Red Sea had a close encounter with an oceanic white tip shark that appeared to rub noses with the diving instructor.
 
Fishermen say they were attacked by huge shark but experts say it was hunted
FUJAIRAH // Mystery surrounds how a three-metre-long shark ended up dead on a boat, with the sailor saying it leapt aboard and attacked his crew ...
Marine Wildlife Conservation: Jon Dohlin Talks Sand Tiger Sharks, Conservation Efforts And New ...
The New York Aquarium calls itself home to many sand tiger sharks, ... fatalities to their name, according to the Shark Attack Survivors database. In fact ...
Oldest shark pair in Europe go on show at Plymouth aquarium
The National Marine Aquarium's lemon sharks have now entered the large Atlantic Ocean tank, going on public display for the first time. The pair have ...

How shark spotters protect beach-goers in South Africa
An organization in the Cape of Good Hope is using a special net to repel sharks from beach-goers, while preventing animals from getting tangled in it.
 
More aggressive shark encounters being reported on Maui
On Saturday, a shark bit a visitor's stand-up paddle board near the Four Seasons Resort Maui in Wailea. Authorities said the Minnesota man and his ...
 
20ft Basking shark washed up on shores of Clyde could have been blown off course by storms
SCIENTISTS think the giant shark, which was discovered by walkers on the beach between Largs and Skelmorlie at the weekend, could have been ...
 
Brian Keating swims alongside La Paz's mysterious whale sharks
The wildlife columnist for CBC's The Homestretch and Radio Active spent the past week swimming alongside whale sharks in the Sea of Cortez at La ...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Shark Bytes - January 10, 2013

Embryonic Sharks Freeze to Avoid Detection Although shark pups are born with all the equipment they'll ever need to defend themselves and hunt down food, developing embryos still stuck in their egg cases are vulnerable to predators. But a new study finds that even these baby sharks can ...

Mary Lee the great white shark cruising off Fernandina Beach Mary Lee, the giant great white shark, is still in the neighborhood -- she was some 18 miles off of Fernandina Beach at 9:50 Thursday morning, on a track that was taking her to the northeast. Though no one knows where she'll go next, one thing's for ...

Great White shark getting comfortable with NE Florida coastline JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- The great white shark nicknamed Mary Lee is getting pretty comfortable swimming around in our warm waters. Mary Lee, who measures 16 feet and weighs 3,456 pounds, has a GPS-tracking device attached to her dorsal fin ...

Sharks Tagged Off Cape Cod Tracked To Florida OCEARCH researchers tagged Mary Lee and Genie in September. Scientists just tracked the Great Whites to Florida. Mary Lee is a 16-foot 3,400 pound Great White shark and late Monday night she was 200 yards off Jacksonville Beach. Police asked people ...

Two great whites spotted near Jacksonville Nearly four months after she was tagged with a tracking device in Cape Cod, Mary Lee, a great white shark, was spotted in the surf off Jacksonville Beach on Tuesday and is now less than 10 miles offshore. OCEARCH, a non-profit ocean research company, ...

Conservationists welcome fake shark fin trade Fengtai Administration of Industry and Commerce launched an investigation Wednesday into shark fins after media reports that fake shark fins were being sold in seafood markets. However, as opposed to many fake food scandals in China, experts have said ...

Lifeguards on shark watch TASMANIAN surf lifesavers are on standby for aerial shark patrols, as record numbers of Tasmanians head to the state's most popular beaches. Surf Life Saving Tasmania general manager Tony van den Enden said a number of members had light aircraft ...

Shark kill order a wildlife threat The first order to catch and kill a shark off WA's south west coast could pose a serious threat to other endangered species, according to the Conservation Council. 09/01/13. Sharks caught in catch and kill order. More revealed ...

Shark fin soup a potentially dangerous delicacy Zhejiang authorities found many shark fins sold in the market are artificial products and some contain excessive levels of cadmium, a toxic metal. The industry and commerce department in Zhejiang province conducted a check of shark fin soup, a popular ...

Basking shark's incredible 3000-mile journey A basking shark has shocked experts by making an amazing 3000-mile journey from Ireland to Africa. The 5m/16' long female shark named Banda, was one of five tagged by the Irish Basking Shark Study Group last July, while she was feeding in waters off ...

White shark hunted Drumlines have been baited to catch the shark that has been menacing beaches around Dunsborough, including Meelup, Bunker Bay and Eagle Bay. Fisheries' regional manager Tony Cappelutti said the plan to catch and kill the shark was in response to the ...

OPINION: Majesty and man-eater myth Sharks have been part of our oceans for around 400 million years and today there are more than 500 different species inhabiting the world's oceans, estuaries and freshwater systems. The most recent authoritative text, Australian Sharks and Rays (2009 ...

Sharks caught in catch and kill order Lines which have large hooks on and are anchored in the water were initially set on Sunday catch a shark or sharks which have been seen repeatedly off beaches in Dunsborough. Multiple sightings of a great white shark about three to four metres have ...

Surfers' relief as monster tiger shark caught off Yaroomba A MONSTER tiger shark that has been spooking surfers on the Sunshine Coast has been caught a few hundred metres from shore. The 4.72m giant was reeled in from a drumline off Yaroomba near Coolum Beach. Shark catcher Paddy Dimond, doing his ...

Fears over large tiger shark at Noosa after surfer sightings Local surfers fear a large tiger shark has adopted the bays of the Noosa National Park as part of its territory after two confirmed late-afternoon sightings in the past week. ...

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