NEW SMYRNA BEACH (USA) – And another surfer got bitten by a shark at what is sometimes known as Shark Attack capital of the world: Florida’s New Smyrna Beach. Yesterday a 14-year-old surfer from the town of Edgewater was surfing near the jetty in New Smyrna Beach in about 4 feet of waterContinue Reading
SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA)- Australian tech company Optus is developing a new technology that can detect sharks and send alerts to lifeguards via smartphones. The Clever Buoy is a floating device anchored to a seabed-located box, that emits sonar signals into the surrounding water. A processor in the buoy analyses the reflectionsContinue Reading
MIAMI (USA)- At South Beach in Miami tourists can be buy baby sharks in a jar. What a horrible waste of life and who wants to bring home a jar filled with dead shark as a souvenir? It’s good that more and more people become aware of the endangered statusContinue Reading
The controversial shark cull has not proven effective in keeping swimmers safe from shark attacks. Yet the West Australian Government wants to extend the catch-and-kill policy. So, kill first, ask questions later…. The Shark Cull was enacted after a spate of fatal shark attacks in West Australian waters, attributed mostlyContinue Reading
Whale sharks are the world’s biggest fish – and swimming with them has become a top tourist attraction in the Philippines. But scientists are worried about the impact that tourism could have on the marine giants. See an Al Jazeera reportage from Oslob Island. Tweet
RECIFE (BRASIL)- Football fans visiting the Brasilian city of Recife for the World Cup may not know that the city is famous not only for football or colonial history, but als has a rep for being one of the most dangerous places in the world to swim. The risk ofContinue Reading
EL PORT DE LA SELVA (SPAIN)- It was about 20 years ago that Catalan fishermen caught a big thresher shark off the Costa Brava. Yesterday fishermen of the tiny town of Port de la Selva brought home 4,5 meter big thresher shark, a protected species that is normally found inContinue Reading