Showing posts with label jaws. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Shark News - February 10, 2016

Great White Shark

Shark nets 'do nothing': 50 years of data 'shows chances of attack unaffected by mitigation programs'
The shark nets used on Sydney beaches in New South Wales do nothing to reduce the chance of shark attack, a new statistical analysis has found.

SHARK ALARM
"It's the thought of (being) eaten alive while you're still alive." Dave Pearson, shark attack survivor and founder of 'Bite Club'. On the beaches around ...

Shark attack victim remembered one year on
TODAY marks the anniversary of the death of local surfer Tadashi Nakahara, who was attacked by a shark at Speeds Reef near Shelly Beach, Ballina.

Shark attacks hit all-time high in 2015
There were 98 unprovoked attacks worldwide, beating the previous record of 88 set in 2000, according to the International Shark Attack File housed at ...

Shark nets used at most beaches do not protect swimmers, research suggests
Great white shark. 'There is no relationship between the number of sharks out there and the number of attacks,' says Laurie Laurenson from Deakin ...

Shark Attack Victim's Instagram Video
A diver has shared his gruesome shark attack wounds on Instagram. WARNING: This video is NOT for the squeamish.

Diver survives savage shark attack at aquarium
When they do shows signs of aggression they tent to attack other objects in their tank rather than divers. The grey nurse shark is one of Australia's ...

10-year-old recovers after shark attack in Jax Beach
There were 98 attacks in total and 30 of them occurred in Florida. ... Kaley said her shark attack isn't enough to keep her out of the water and in fact, ...

Five-metre great white shark filmed off NSW coast
Footage has emerged of a five-metre-plus great white shark swimming around game fishing boats off Narooma on the NSW Far South Coast.

Branson, Harvey urge ocean conservation
Mr. Branson, who has dived with several species of sharks, is passionate about protecting them, and sponsored several sharks in Guy Harvey's Great ...

Diver Confronted by Monster Mako Shark
The beauty of the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico January 24, 2016 day inspired shark hunter Lance Williams to grab his cameras instead of his ...

Dog frolics with shark
Donna Kowald shot the video of her Ridgeback Bullmastiff cross Coda playfully jumping in and out the water, while the shark seems oblivious.

Shark Fin Protestors Hit Out at Chinese New Year Tradition
With recent reports showing that a vast majority of Hong Kong restaurants continue to serve shark fin soup — often with no shark fin alternatives on the ...

Fears second great white stalking Adelaide beaches
As the fishermen frantically pulled up their lines and tried to flee, Mr Kearns says “the shark grabbed the propeller and stopped them for a little bit”.

Dozens of dead baby blue sharks found strewn around Taiwanese beach with their fins severed off
Last week, some ghastly pictures popped up from a beach in northwest Taiwan showing about 60 baby blue shark carcasses scattered around the .

Five sharks spotted off Peka Peka and Waikanae Beach
The first shark was seen about 50 to 70 metres off Peka Peka Beach, and the helicopter landed there so the crew could warn swimmers to get out of ...

Shark Dive NZ operator says he was not run off Stewart Island
A shark diving operator says his move to the mainland is not because of tensions on Stewart Island. Some Stewart Island residents and paua divers ...

From Junkyard To Museum: The Journey Of A JAWS Shark
The Academy Museum has announced that it has accepted into its collection a major gift of the sole surviving full-scale model of the 1975 Jaws shark, ...

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 ...

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Shark Bytes - March 26, 2008


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 ...