Showing posts with label shark news. Show all posts
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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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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Shark News - May 24, 2016


Shark swims close to shore in Florida


Shark-Spotting Drones Could Protect Both Swimmers and Sharks
Shark-Spotting Drones Could Protect Both Swimmers and Sharks ... beachgoers around the world still face the risk of an occasional shark attack.

Sharks Attack 2 People, Including 11-Year-Old Girl, in Florida
On Sunday, a 57-year-old woman named Mary Marcus was bitten in the leg by a shark in Vero Beach, which is about 200 miles south of the first attack, ...

Mother wants more lifeguards at beach after daughter's shark attack
A Jacksonville woman whose daughter was bitten by a shark over the ... was bitten by at least one 4-foot bull shark and maybe another shark.

Close encounter with shark caught on camera in Ormond Beach
This shark was seen swimming very close to the shore in Ormond Beach ... On Sunday, they had an encounter they won't soon forget: a large shark ...

California's ban on shark fin sales survives US Supreme Court
California's ban on the possession and sale of shark fins survived a legal challenge Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Bay ...

Shark bites increase during summer on the First Coast
A man was bitten by a shark at Guana State Park while surfing on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. On Saturday, May 21, 2016, a swimmer was bitten at ...

Plano man scuffles with shark while kayak fishing
Plano man scuffles with shark while kayak fishing. A North Texas ... "Once I hooked up with the shark and I reeled up on it, I could see it," he said.

Researchers working on first of its kind shark cam
"They go to this place called the White Shark Café, they hang out for weeks, and based on previous tags they exhibit this really weird diving behavior," ...

Greens want to strip drumlines from shark infested beaches in northern New South Wales
THE Greens want to strip lifesaving drumlines from shark infested beaches in northern NSW, where two people have been killed by great whites in just ...

Funding to protect beachgoers from shark attacks
Funding worth $200,000 is available to support national or international projects that align with the NSW Government's $16 million Shark Management ...

Schedule set for Matawan shark attack centennial
There will be trolley tours, movie screenings and presentations galore, but two solemn affairs will mark heart of Matawan's centennial commemoration ...

Protons swim with ease through shark jelly
Scientists in the US have discovered that a jelly-like material found in the skin of sharks and some other fish has the highest proton conductivity ever ...
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Monday, May 16, 2016

Shark News - May 16, 2016



Shark snouts contain conductive jelly
The ocean's apex predator can sense weak electrical fields generated by fish muscle contraction. Now, a team of researchers in the US uncovered a ...

Decapitated shark carcass sparks outrage, investigation
Authorities on Wednesday investigated the beheading of a young shark whose bloody carcass was left on a dock in Southern California, CBS Los ...

Fla. man finds 11-foot shark washed ashore on Panama City beach

Woman who caught shark that died speaks out
The woman behind a controversial hammerhead shark catch on Fort Myers Beach is speaking out about the incident, after coming under attack by ..

Fisherman arrested after whale shark's death sparks online outrage
The pair, surnamed Liao and Huang, will be charged with hunting an endangered animal after they allegedly killed the whale shark and sold its meat ...

'Overwhelming' interest in Matawan shark centennial
The attacks, which killed four people in those towns and gripped the East Coast ... RELATED: Matawan's tentative schedule for shark attack centennial.
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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Shark News - February 14, 2016

Great White Pointer

3.15m tiger the latest of 12 sharks caught off Coast by drum lines
“The aim of the Queensland Shark Control Program is to reduce the possibility of shark attack for swimmers by removing resident, dangerous sharks ...

Man stumbles across dead shark on Kapiti Coast
Yesterday's sharks were also seen at Waikanae Beach by a Heliworx ... At the time a witness told the Herald he saw a "huge" shark attack a man ...

Shark knocks surfer from board at Marrawah in Tasmania's north-west
Surfing Tasmania has issued a warning after a shark took bites out of a surfer's board at Marrawah in the state's north-west. The attack occurred during ...

Shark attack brings rare whale to shore
It was a victim of a shark attack, Jing Astejada, municipal environment and natural resources officer, said in a text message to the Inquirer on ...

Still diving despite double shark attack
TWO-TIME shark attack survivor Greg Pickering is back abalone diving ... Mr Pickering said he wanted the WA Fisheries Department to test a shark ...
Port Stephens shark attack survivor Lisa Mondy faced her fears and re-entered the water to swim with great white sharks off South Australia.

Violators wanted after sea turtles, reef shark, fish killed in illegal nets
When they hauled the nets in, they found two sea turtles, a white-tipped reef shark, and several dozen fish, all dead. Three gill nets were tied together.

Mum tells of horrifying moment 'shark' chased daughter
The Tannum Sands mum has opened up about the moment a "shark" chased her grown-up daughter out of the water at Second Beach last week.

White shark's diet may include biggest fish of all: whale shark
White sharks are voracious predators, and it seems they even set their sights on the biggest fish in the sea. Two vertebrae recovered from the stomach ...

Sheffield academic shows how the fearsome shark could help prevent human tooth loss
Scientists have known for some time that some fish, such as sharks, develop rows of highly specialised teeth which are capable of regenerating ...

Warning Signs Up At Santa Barbara Beaches After Great White Sighting
Warning signs are up at all Santa Barbara beaches this weekend after a great white shark was spotted below the Sea Center at Stearns Wharf.

 'Extinct' shark spotted in Menik Ganga
Rumours of sightings of sharks in the Menik Ganga have been around for a while and Mr. de Soyza claimed to have seen one in the same section of ...

'Shark girl' requests meeting with minister
A LEADING Gold Coast conservationist, who said she would starve herself unless the Queensland Government removed all shark nets along the ...
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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, March 24, 2015

Shark Bytes - March 24, 2015


Leopard Shark

Shark attacks on mate haunt me
Torn between the surf he has loved since childhood and the sharks he now fears, Jordan Gianfrancesco is unsure whether he feels lucky or unlucky ...
Tiger Sharks feed on carcass at Bunbury, but whale not one of those rescued after stranding yesterday
Department of Parks and Wildlife spokesman Kim Williams said three tiger sharks had been seen feeding on a whale carcass near the site of ...
Shark advisory posted due to decomposing whale off North Maui
KAHULUI, Hawaii —Early Tuesday morning, Maui Ocean Safety officials located a decomposing 10-foot long-baby whale, about 100 yards offshore of ...
Cutting off Markets, Not Fins
Shark finning, as is customarily done, requires that a fishermen haul a shark from the ocean, slice its fin off, and then throw the rest of the shark – often ...
Shark vs. Cameraman, Ancient Islands, More!
Blacktip reef sharks have been a common sight in our time around Aldabra. (Photo by Manu San Felix). A highlight of this expedition has been our ...
Protecting Sharks in the Pacific
Losing sharks could have consequences for the entire ocean ecosystem. These predators help maintain the health of marine life, including ..


Australia's Shark Shield lands in St. Petersburg
PETERSBURG — Shark Shield, a device that repels sharks with an electronic force field, sounds like something the movie character Q would create ...


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