KEY WEST (USA)- One of the most remarkable sharks is making the rounds on internet: the goblin shark. Caught in the nets of commercial fisherman Carl Moore, just south of Key West (Florida), who had no idea what that thing was in his nets. It is named by many asContinue Reading
HARDERWIJK (The Netherlands)- It’s a rarity: a shark washed up on the Dutch beaches. On the island of Vlieland a live starry smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias) was found washed up. The small shark caused quite a stir in the local Dutch media. Last weekend the shark unfortunately died of a head wound. A passerbyContinue 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
FORT LAUDERDALE (USA). – A new study by scientists from Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Save Our Seas Shark Research Centre and Cornell University published in final form today in the journal BMC Genomics now undertakes the first large-scale exploration of the great white shark’s genetic repertoire, and comes up with unexpectedContinue Reading
MONTPELLIER (FRANCE)- Sharks that are no longer than 30cm in length and with a hook-like dorsal fin? These mini-sharks, that lived in an ocean, covering what today is Southern France, lived longer than was thought before. The falcatid shark, one of the three Cladodontomorph shark species was supposed to haveContinue 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
PIEDRAS BLANCAS (USA)- Friends of the Elephant Seal have recently teamed up with researchers from Hopkins Marine Station to deploy a buoy off Piedras Blancas. According to The Cambrian is tracks tagged white sharks near the elephant seal rookery about 12 miles north of Cambria. The buoy, deployed on Saturday,Continue Reading