Showing posts with label maui. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maui. Show all posts

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Shark News - May 21, 2016

Can you identify what type of shark this is?

Florida Keys boater has encounter with great white shark
SUGARLOAF KEY, Fla (WSVN) – 7News viewer Jack Davis encountered a 12-foot great white shark while fishing off the coast of Sugarloaf Key in the ...

Florida man's encounter with shark caught on video
A Florida diver had a close encounter with a shark while stranded in the Atlantic Ocean and now he is telling his story. According to Florida Today, ...

Paul de Gelder, who was mauled by a shark in Sydney Harbour, surfs at Bondi Beach
A former navy diver who was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbour is 'loving life' at Australia's most famous beach. Paul de Gelder lost his leg ...

Why a nurse shark bit a snorkeler and wouldn't let go
George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, said the suctorial feeding is an evolutionary strength, except ...

Why So Many Shark Attacks On Maui? Scientists May Have An Answer
Scientists are getting a better idea of how sharks behave and why so many attacks have occurred off Maui. The study, commissioned by the state's ...

Mick Fanning returning to Jeffreys Bay to compete at location of 2015 shark attack to 'right the wrongs'
Three-time world surfing champion Mick Fanning has announced he will return to compete at Jeffreys Bay in July — the South African beach where he ...

One year after shark bites, questions remain
Emergency responders June 14, 2015 in Oak Island assist after 12-year-old Kiersten Yow lost part of her left arm to a shark bite. Photo by Steve ...

Gold Coast fisheries expert says kite surfers look like dangling bait to sharks
While bull sharks would certainly be involved in some attacks, the risk of someone being bitten by a tiger shark was high — particularly for kite surfers.

Rest Easy ENC, Shark Attacks Are Very Rare
Last summer, a string of eight shark attacks along the North Carolina coast made headlines across the nation. A Camp Lejeune Marine bitten in the ...

Brave Beachgoers Take Huge Chance To Rescue Tiger Shark
They took a risk and a shark in trouble appears to have reaped the reward. Swimmers at a Honolulu-area beach Sunday are being credited with ...

Shark bite victim ID'd
The identity of a man bitten by what was reported to rescuers as a black tip shark Wednesday in South Ponte Vedra Beach has been released.

Man calmly reacts to shark swimming underneath kayak
California photographer Giancarlo Thomae captured video of his close encounter with a juvenile great white shark while kayaking at Sea Cliff State ...

What Does Tagging Tell Us About Shark Behavior?
Tagging and tracking sharks in South Africa's Breede River showed that bull sharks aren't as fearsome as many would think.

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 ...

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Shark Bytes - March 25, 2015

Cape Fur Seal eating a Blue Shark

Killer seals develop a taste for shark guts
It's like Jaws but, this time, the shark is on the menu. In an incident that turns the phrase "shark attack" on its head, a seal has repeatedly attacked, ...
Dead baby whale removed, but sharks remain off Maui beach
Maui County Ocean Safety officials are warning beachgoers Tuesday about sharks feeding on a whale carcass off Kite Beach near the Kahului airport ...
How Do You Feed a Nurse Shark?
Whilst on a trip to Xcaret, Mexico, Paulo had the chance to witness a nurse shark being fed by a handler. The man seems at ease with the entire ...
Fisheries officers investigate Albany man who caught 4m tiger shark
Brendon Hilder was visited by two officers this morning after media reports showed the four-metre shark he landed on Shelley Beach near Albany.
Healy residents see shark attack while vacationing in Hawaii
The shark attack victim recounted the attack in a news article: “The water around me was about four or five feet deep,” he said. “I was looking out to sea ...

Expert says its a great white, but boat 'attack' an accident
Daniel Fleming believes this same shark attacked his boat twice within six months near Pottsville. Photo: contributed by Daniel Fleming Daniel ...
Boardriders to develop new 'shark watch' site
MEMBERS of the community will be able to alert surfers to the presence of sharks through a new website being developed by a boardriding club.
Photo Identification of Sharks
To initially assess the two shark populations and investigate how the natural resources are partitioned between and within these species.
Bethany Hamilton to meet Palm Desert child who lost leg
On Oct. 31, 2003, Hamilton, then 13 years old, was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark in Hawaii while surfing off Kauai's North Shore. But even though ...
Great White Sharks of Gansbaai: No hooking, no handling, no harm.
Several of us spent the day on an outing with Marine Dynamics out of Gansbaii to see Great White Sharks near Dyer Island. We anchored in an easy ...