‘Shark Highway’ discovered in Pacific
COCOS ISLANDS (COSTA RICA)- Scientists have discovered a 500-mile-long “shark highway” right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, leading sharks, turtles and other marine animals from the Costa Rican Cocos Islands to the Galapagos Islands. They plan to turn it into a protected wildlife corridor in the ocean. TheContinue Reading
A safe haven for the Scalloped Hammerhead
PUERTO JIMENEZ (COSTA RICA)- A new sanctuary in the Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica must give young Scalloped Hammerheads the opportunity to grow up in peace. Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís announced earlier this month the designation of more than 10,000 acres of critical nursery habitat for this endangered shark species.Continue Reading
Why do Pacific great whites migrate to the ‘Cafe Zone’?
HONOLULU (HAWAII)- Every year great white sharks of the Pacific migrate to a remote area of the Pacific Ocean. Where this is exactly remained a mystery for long. Scientists took off from Honolulu last week on a mission to investigate just what the great whites are doing during their spring break inContinue Reading
Turkey takes extra measures to protect sharks
ISTANBUL (TURKEY)- Turkey has set new measures protecting endangered sharks and rays, like angel sharks and shortfin makos. The list of prohibited species for fishing in the mediterranean country now has 14 species of sharks and rays on it. Already in 2012 the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), which includes Turkey,Continue Reading
World upside down? Complaints of too many sharks
GULF SHORES (USA)- Worldwide we are concerned about the massive killing of sharks, and endangering these apex predators more and more. At the Gulf Coast of Alabama, southern USA, they are frustrated of not being able to kill sharks. This remarkable news was shared by WKRG, quoting fishermen complaining aboutContinue Reading
How important is shark poop for coral reefs?
PALMYRA ATOLL (HAWAII)- It is not the first subject that comes to mind when you think of sharks. But yes, the apex predators also defecate. And guess what, this turns out to be very healthy for coral reefs. A recent paper published last month in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows howContinue Reading
Swimming with hand-fed whale sharks: a guilty pleasure
OSLOB (PHILIPPINES)- Over 250,000 tourists a year come to Oslob, Cebu, in the Philippines to experience swimming with the world’s largest sharks: whale sharks. Despite the moral and ethical issues of hand-feeding these endangered sharks for tourist purposes, tourists keep coming to Oslob. That is the conclusion of a newContinue Reading