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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.

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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, ...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Shark News - January 12, 2016

Bull Shark

Rise in bull shark sightings in Perth rivers
The only recorded fatal bull shark attack in the Swan River was in the 1920s, when a young boy was killed. But Dr Molony being incident-free for so ...

WWF slams Kammenos for photo with dead shark
The Greek branch of the wildlife group WWF said on Monday that the shark caught by Defense Minister Panos Kammenos and friends on the weekend ...
These pictures show a massive bull shark which was caught just metres from a top tourist spot. The "beast" was captured by angler Chris Micallef and ...
Here's Why We've Never Been Able to Tame the Great White Shark
After three days of floating around listlessly and ramming its head into the walls of its tank, a great white shark died last week at an aquarium in Japan.
Studying Sharks' Social Lives to Expose Their Friendly Side
In September, the zoo unveiled an exhibit featuring a small group of Port Jackson sharks, a joint project with Macquarie University, where researchers ...
Fears shark numbers could increase with net-free zones
Commercial fishers in central Queensland fear the Government's new net bans could lead to a significant increase in shark numbers. It comes after ...
Marine biologist says shark attacks seems 'above average'
“Most shark species are completely harmless, but they are all important ... “A healthy reef eco system has sharks, if there aren't any sharks the entire ...
Shark attacks and electrical issues pose challenge to local team rowing across Atlantic
He was screaming we're being attacked by a shark. I quickly grabbed the GoPro flipped it on and jumped out to see what the heck was happening.
AUV Shows What Great White Sharks Do All Day
No creature has a reputation more fearsome than the great white shark. Despite all we've learned about them, including how they really don't have ...
Great white shark saved on Chatham beach likely survived
But researchers from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy say that the great white shark that washed up on a Chatham beach during the summer, ...
Shark behavior studied using "REMUS SharkCam" AUV
“REMUS SharkCam” autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) have been the talk of the Internet ever since a video footage showing off a white shark ...
Sunshine Coast father unfazed by lazy shark bite while surfing with daughter
Mr Hilder pushed Molly to shore before finding out the shark, which he had now recognised as a usually harmless wobbegong, had taken a large ...
Massive bull shark caught in Hastings River near holiday-makers less than a month after another ...
A STRETCH of the Hastings River popular with summer school holiday-makers has yielded another “beast” of a bull shark, less than a month after an ...
Unconfirmed shark sighting at Turners Beach
Malcolm Wells took this photo of two sharks before swimming off Heron Island last year. Photo Malcolm Wells. Photo Malcolm Wells ...
Would you remove a hook from a shark's mouth to save it? This man did.
There's a fisherman in Florida who dives with sharks every day in order to ... that he is trying to change the perception people have about sharks.
Weighing 700kg a shark caught in western Turkey
Biggest shark of the season was caught by Turkish fishermen western Turkish coast near off the coasts of Assos Island located in Çanakkale's Ayvacık ...
Destruction of sharks in Semporna shocks tourists
Picture of landing of the sharks on Pulau Mabul taken by the British couple. — Photo courtesy of Scuba Junkie. KOTA KINABALU: International tourists ...
Airline's decision to carry shark fin angers activists
Cathay Pacific Airways has decided to continue carrying some shark fin cargo, which has angered wildlife campaigners, reports South China Morning ..
Underwater Robots Investigate Great White Sharks' Predatory Behavior
Robotic, underwater vehicles may give researchers a new tool to better understand shark behavior. These robots may be able to travel where humans ...
ISSF to push for observer coverage, reduced fishing capacity in 2016
It also hopes to see the prohibition of the catch and retention of vulnerable hammerhead and silky sharks, and to ensure that longline fleets meet the ...
Study: Shark strikes on drone help understand behavior
In 2012, when state shark scientist Greg Skomal and Woods Hole ... While they weren't what researchers anticipated, the attacks on the REMUS at ...
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