What does a shark attack look like? Diver Jason Dimitri made a video of being attacked by a reef shark in the Western Carribean. He was was culling lionfish, an invasive species, at a depth of about 70 feet the shark first took a run at him and bumped him. DimitriContinue Reading
JENSEN BEACH (USA)- A beach café in the Florida town of Jensen Beach will serve shark meat this Saturday. In this dubious way the owner wants to commemorate that he was attacked by shark exactly two years ago. Kona Beach Cafe will be serving 50 pounds of shark meat andContinue 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
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- The Western Australia’s Government confirmed that 17 tiger sharks were killed on the drumlines set out under under Western Australia’s controversial new shark policy. There has never been a fatal tiger shark attack in Western Australia’s waters. The drum line initiative is part of a $23 million shark hazardContinue Reading
RAJA AMPAT (INDONESIA)- 13 Philippine fisherman were caught illegaly fishing for sharks and turtles in the Raja Ampat Archipelago in Indonesia. All of them were sentenced to 8 months in jail while the boat and all its equipment was confiscated and destroyed. It is not uncommon for illegal fishermen toContinue Reading
KHOBAR CREEK (PAKISTAN)- Pakistani fishermen who caught a juvenile whale shark have successfully released it without any injury in the offshore waters of the country. They struggled for an hour to safely release the shark The coast of Pakistan is considered to be an important breeding and basking ground forContinue 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