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The decision has come after Humane Society International (HSI) earlier this year launched a challenge to the shark control program run by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
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The ban came about after a couple of non-fatal shark biting incidents were reported within a short period of time.
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The Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2017 was attacked by fisheries spokesmen in a political opinion paper entitled, “A United States shark fin ban would undermine sustainable shark fisheries.” A new study, by shark ethologist Ila Fran
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If you think finding a needle in a haystack is tough, how about sifting through almost two tons of dirt and finding twenty-four shark teeth, each measuring less than a millimetre across.
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Long term study of the behaviour of individual sharks has shown that they are not just acting on instinct. Not only are they thinking and highly intelligent—they are likely conscious too.
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Sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) look mean but in reality, they are quite docile. As I watched, at least 12 sharks crisscrossed the Caribsea wreck; they almost seemed to be in a perfect state of Zen.
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After eight of the 15 grey reef sharks they were tracking were killed within the Marshall Islands shark sanctuary, a team of researchers turned their attention to finding out how such things can be prevented in the future.
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Each year, hundreds of great white sharks from California and Mexico journey to a far-flung stretch of the Pacific Ocean dubbed the "White Shark Cafe", situated between Mexico's Baja California and Hawaii.
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Despite their peaceful demeanor and large size (they are the second largest shark species in the world), basking sharks can be as agile and powerful as their more famed counterparts, the great whites.
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Glen Coe and Glen Etive cradle Loch Etive all the way to the western shores of Scotland and was used as a through-road by our ancestors.
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The Philippines plays host to the third largest known population of whale sharks, and is thus an important hotspot for the species.
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The newly discovered species was named Genie's Dogfish (Squalus clarkae) in honour of Eugenie Clark, the pioneer in shark biology renowned for her work on shark behaviour.
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For the first time in over 30 years, a great white shark has been observed off Spain’s Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean.
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Prevention and responses to shark bites have varied temporally and regionally, and have included shark hunts, organised shark culling, beach meshing and drumlines, beach closures, shark fences, land and aerial based shark spotting, and acoustic te
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Once in a while, a video surfaces on social media showing dying sharks or rays experiencing capture-induced births, giving birth to their squirming babies on the deck of fishing boats.
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