MIAMI (USA)- 2012 has seen more unprovoked shark attacks worldwide than the year before. In general, the number of shark attacks has grown at a steady pace since 1900, with each decade having more attacks than the previous. The International Shark Attack File (ISAF), the world’s most recognized source onContinue Reading
JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA)- The numbers of sharks in the Red Sea are rapidly declining. There is too little information on them because of lack of research. Researcher Julia Spät, of the Red Sea Research Centre of the King Abdullah University in Jeddah, conducts a research project about the status ofContinue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (USA)- The US state of California moves to place great white sharks on endangered species list. New research, showing only 350 great whites remain in the waters off California and Baja Mexico, led to the unanimous vote of the state Fish and Game Commission to study whether toContinue Reading
ABERDEEN (SCOTLAND)- A research team from the University of Aberdeen has received 1,5 million British Pounds of funds for their work on developing anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory drugs from research based on the immune systems of sharks . Scottish Enterprise and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council awarded the money.Continue Reading
WESTERN CAPE (SOUTH AFRICA)- Last week, a man was found guilty of catching and landing a great white shark. The Mossel Bay Magistrate’s Court decided: either twelve months in prison, suspended for five years or 120.000 Rand. The verdict was welcomed by the national Department of agriculture, forestry and fisheriesContinue Reading