BREVARD (USA)- Eastern central beaches of the US state of Florida are being visited by big schools of sharks. August and september are primetime months for sharks in these waters. They follow massive schools of mullet, anchovies, herrings, and sardines that are migrating along Brevard County and other east CentralContinue Reading
CHATHAM (USA) – Swimmers on Cape Cod (inspiration for the isle of Amity in Jaws) are warned for the presence of great white sharks. Town harbor officials posted “No Swimming” signs past weekend on remote parts of South Beach after a 12- to 14-foot shark was sighted in protected watersContinue Reading
MANACCAN (UK)- A blue shark was found, far from his offshore habitat, in a secluded creek in British Cornwall. A group of boat hands rescued the shark who was found thrashing about with a hook embedded in its dorsal fin. The three boat hands from Sailaway St Anthony boat hireContinue Reading
NEELTJE JANS (THE NETHERLANDS) – The number of sharks on the Dutch coast has been increasing the past few years. Yet a research project called Shark-a-Tag found less sharks this year than before. Three days of tagging saw only 54 sharks, while last year that number was 210. In 2012Continue Reading
BARCELONA (SPAIN)- Barcelona beaches were briefly shut down this week after lifeguards spotted three blue sharks close to the shore. Earlier this year Spanish fishermen caught a rare thresher shark off the Costa Brava. Are sharks rediscovering the Spanish mediterranean coast? The sharks were spotted as close as two metersContinue 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
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