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Atlantic shark feeding habits under study - FIS
30 Jan 2012
A team of scientists of Chelonia Association and the University of Marseille (France) chose the port of Vigo to initiate a study on dietary habits and intake areas of Atlantic sharks.

Indonesian shark fishing communities to help in sustainability study - Science Network
30 Jan 2012
A Murdoch University PhD student will spend a year living among Indonesian shark fishermen to investigate their impact on shark populations and the effects of conservation efforts on fishing communities.

Spain: Several shark and ray species gain protection - Shark Year Magazine
26 Jan 2012


Chinese New Year causes shark fin feeding frenzy - The Sydney Morning Herald
23 Jan 2012
While shark fin soup will be a staple at Chinese New Year banquets in Australia this week, it is under attack from conservation groups.

Voracious Demand Threatens Manta and Mobula Rays - The New York Times
16 Jan 2012
A few years ago, something surprising began turning up in Asia’s fish markets: the gill rakers of manta and mobula rays. Manta and mobula ray gills at a market.Shawn Heinrichs and Paul Hilton, photographers who have been monitoring the international soaring trade in shark fins, decided to find out what was going on.


Why planting mangroves is good news for whale sharks - Wildlife Extra
13 Jan 2012
With the help of almost 300 volunteers, 10,000 mangroves were recently planted in Donsol in the Philippines. Mangroves are vital for Donsol's wildlife - providing homes for fireflies, indicators of healthy ecosystems, and fuelling the growth of plankton, which in turn attract whale sharks.

New iPhone app lets users follow roaming great white sharks - IBN Live
13 Jan 2012
The great white shark is lurking in cyberspace, in the form of an iPhone application launched this week that allows users to track a dozen of the predators as they roam around the Pacific Ocean. Image © Adrian Hewitt.

South Florida Fishermen Find 10-Foot Endangered Sawfish Near Biscayne National Park (VIDEO) - Huffington Post
13 Jan 2012
On Thursday, while fishing out of Black Point Marina near Biscayne National Park, South Florida fishermen came across a very rare sea creature - the endangered sawfish or carpenter shark.

Do Gulf tiger sharks walk on land? - The Washington Post
12 Jan 2012
Researchers from Alabama’s Dauphin Island Sea Lab have just published a new study about finding the remains of land birds in the stomachs of tiger sharks.

Decrease in shark numbers poses risk to Great Barrier Reef - Cairns.com.au
11 Jan 2012
The Far North's reef shark populations are dropping at an alarming rate and a marine biologist says the decline of the apex predators could pose a serious risk to the ecology of the Great Barrier Reef.

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