NAUSET BEACH (USA)- Officials have closed down Nauset Beach at Cape Cod after a confirmed sighting of a great white shark. The shark’s dorsal fin was seen about 150 yards off the beach on sunday morning. Swimmers were asked to get out of the water, and surrounding towns and the Cape Cod NationalContinue Reading
The European Union (EU) agreed this week to tighten up an existing ban on shark finning by eliminating a loophole that allowed fisherman to still remove fins from caught shark. The ban for EU fishing crews has existed since 2003, but with special permits they were still allowed to removeContinue Reading
VANCOUVER (CANADA)- We all knew it of course, but scientists now have put down economical proof. Sharks are worth a lot more in the ocean than in a bowl of soup. That’s the conclusion of a research conducted by a team of the University of British Columbia. A new study, published todayContinue Reading
BALTIMORE (USA)- Fishermen on the eastern US coasts catching smooth dogfish are allowed to bring back to port more than twice the ratio of fins to bodies. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided to ease on the restrictions of shark finning. Conservation groups are furious and concerned that theContinue Reading
AUCKLAND (NEW ZEALAND)- Air New Zealand is the the latest airline to stop flying shipments of shark’s fin to Hong Kong, the shark’s fin capital of the world. The decision came about after the New Zealand Shark Alliance revealed the airline’s shipments in local media. Earlier, other airlines did theContinue Reading
CAPE COD (USA)- Swimmers and boaters beware. The great whites are coming back to Cape Cod in the summer. While the flocks of tourists and summer residents begin their migration to the Cape so do the sharks. The municipalities of the Cod are cautioning swimmers and boaters to stay safe. TheContinue Reading
COCOA BEACH (USA)- In the US state of Florida sharks near the surf are not a strange sight. Yesterday around noon a shark approximately 5 feet long swam into less than 3 inches of water near where a large group of young children were playing in the sand. A BrevardContinue Reading