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Shark Tourism. A blessing or a threat?

Shark Tourism is worth more than fin trade

2013-06-03
In: Shark sightings, Shark Tourism

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

VIDEO: Shark enters divers cage

2013-03-29
In: Shark sightings, Shark Tourism

CAPE TOWN (SOUTH AFRICA)- A newlywed couple, cage diving off the coast of South Africa got the scare of a lifetime when a great white shark ignored the bait and went straight for the cage. With its head the shark entered the cage, threshing about. The couple got a withContinue Reading

Entangled great white freed

2013-02-20
In: Protection & Policy, Shark sightings, Shark Tourism

GANSBAAI (SOUTH AFRICA)- Where commercial shark dive operators and official conservation organisations cooperate, sharks are rescued. As in the case of a   a juvenile female Great White Shark in the South African waters of Gansbaai, entangled in fishing line. The line had become wrapped around the shark’s head and throughContinue Reading

Divers free entangled whale shark

2012-12-06
In: Shark sightings, Shark Tourism

CANCUN (MEXICO)- Divers have rescued a 10 meter long pregnant whale shark which was caught in thick rope about 30 meters below the surface off the coast of Mexico. The pregnant whale shark had got wrapped in a thick rope which had to be cut off by the divers whoContinue Reading

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How are sharks protected

Great white sharks off South Africa’s coast are protected by law, but not in practice. Why this needs to change

Paying fishers to release sharks accidentally caught in their nets can incentivise conservation action – but there’s a catch

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Latest insights

Speartooth shark in Melbourne aquarium.

Researchers and rangers discover new population of rare and endangered sharks in river

Gulper sharks captured for their liver oil and meat in deepwater shark fisheries off the Andaman Islands. Photo: Zoya Tyabli.

Research: One in seven deepwater sharks face extinction

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Want to meet sharks?

5 Places to meet bull sharks

10th Annual Whale Shark Festival in Isla Mujeres

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Sharks spotted!

First white shark of season confirmed off Massachusetts

Rare megamouth shark found in east Africa for the first time – why so little is known about it

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The horrors of shark finning

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Shark Attacks

International Shark Attack File: 2023 saw small spike in fatalities

A painting for the U.S. Army’s Stars and Stripes newspaper shows a downed pilot fending off sharks with a knife. Ed Vebell/Getty Images

Before Shark Week and ‘Jaws,’ World War II spawned America’s shark obsession

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Shark Facts

Why do hammerhead sharks have hammer-shaped heads?

Silky Shark

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