Thresher shark spotted off Wales
PEMBROKESHIRE (WALES)- Half a mile off the Welsh coast of Pembrokeshire scientists watched a rare 1000-pound thresher shark jumping out of the water. The 16 foot long shark was swimming alongside hundreds of dolphins, trying to steal their prey: herring. A group of researchers from The Sea Trust were observing aContinue Reading
Shark drags fisherman out to sea
BAYOU VISTA (USA)- A fisherman in the Texas Gulf was dragged out to sea 4 miles by a seven-foot black tip shark he had on his line. The shark weighed about 200 pounds. The guy was picked up in the middle of the ocean by the coast patrol. Without theContinue Reading
Fewer great whites off Cape Cod
CHATHAM,(USA)- Less great white sharks seem to visit the waters off Cape Cod this year. That’s what the researchers of Ocearch learned. In 2012 they tagged 17 great whites. Only 3 of those have returned this year. Ocearch has started a Shark Search to learn more about these great predatorsContinue Reading
Shark attacks in Hawaii
HONOLULU (HAWAII)- Yesterday a woman was bitten in her upper torso by a shark while enjoying a morning swim in the waters off the Hawaii island of Maui. Swimming She was swimming about 30 feet from the shore of the rocky point at Ulua Beach Park when the shark grabbedContinue Reading
Groupon: eat shark fins
LONDON (UK)- For the next 3 days Groupon’s London deal is sending people to eat shark fin at Shanghai Blues, a restaurant well known for its shark fin dishes. So far over 301 offers for dinner for 2 have been bought. Meaning over 600 people could be eating shark finContinue Reading
Tracking basking sharks
ISLE OF SKYE (SCOTLAND)- A new research program tracks basking sharks of the west coast of Scotland. This region is a hotspot for the great gentle giants of these cold waters. The data will be used for the assessment of the region as a potential marine reserve. Basking sharks appearContinue Reading
Biggest shark catchers identified
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM)- Indonesia and India account for more than a fifth of global shark catches, according to the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, which published a report Into The Deep today. EU The two countries were named as the world’s biggest catchers of sharks in an EU-backed probe into implementing aContinue Reading