RAJA AMPAT (INDONESIA)- 13 Philippine fisherman were caught illegaly fishing for sharks and turtles in the Raja Ampat Archipelago in Indonesia. All of them were sentenced to 8 months in jail while the boat and all its equipment was confiscated and destroyed. It is not uncommon for illegal fishermen toContinue Reading
KHOBAR CREEK (PAKISTAN)- Pakistani fishermen who caught a juvenile whale shark have successfully released it without any injury in the offshore waters of the country. They struggled for an hour to safely release the shark The coast of Pakistan is considered to be an important breeding and basking ground forContinue Reading
CAPE TOWN (SOUTH AFRICA)- Up to 24 countries may be catching sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea but failing to report these catches, as is legally required by the Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). A new report by Oceana revealed these secret catches, based onContinue Reading
RALEIGH (USA)- Amy Lee, a 3,500-pound great white shark has returned to the Carolina coastline. A ping from a satellite tag on the 16-foot-long shark showed she was just off the coast in Murrells Inlet last Friday morning. Since being tagged last September, researchers from Ocearch say Mary Lee has traveledContinue Reading
POMPANO BEACH (USA)- Divecaptain Matt Heath of Pompano Dive Center had the guts to swim up to a large tiger shark and take the hook out of its mouth, that was left behind by a fisherman. “Believe me, there is nothing relaxing about pulling a large hook out of aContinue Reading
TUNIS (TUNISIA)-Where Chinese restaurants serve their shark fins in soup, the Iberostar Hotel in Tunisia serves up a whole shark at the buffet. What a disgrace and a waste of such a beautiful predator. Thanks to Jackie Hutchings ( @Scubadviser ) for sharing this on twitter. Tweet
TORONTO (CANADA)- Reefs worldwide are under pressure. Not only because of global warming and pollution. Shark fishing is another important factor in the decline of coral reefs, according to a joint study of Canadian and Australian scientists. Where shark numbers are reduced due to commercial fishing, there is also aContinue Reading