BYRON BAY (AUSTRALIA)- A rescue team of Sea World saved the life of a grey nurse shark found at Julian Rocks. It was entangled with a 1m long hook and trace stuck in its mouth. The rescuers of the endangered shark was called in by a volunteer diver from SundiveContinue Reading
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- A company called Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS) and the University of Western Australia scientists together have been working to protect swimmers, surfers and divers from getting attacked on with a line of shark-deterring wet suits. Colorblind One version, “Elude,” camouflages the wearer in the water, based on the recentContinue Reading
NEWCASTLE (AUSTRALIA)- A great white shark swimming in Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney, Australia, gave recreants quite the scare last week. A grandfather and his 16-year-old grandson were drifting in their dinghy on the calm waters of the saltwater lake when the two-metre shark popped up alongside them. The encounterContinue Reading
BUNDABERG (AUSTRALIA)- Two man in Queensland, Australia, were fined with thousands of dollars for finning sharks. One of the two men was found guilty of finning 49 sharks in central Queensland. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol officers boarded the man’s boat in Bundaberg in October last year, where they foundContinue Reading
NEW SOUTH WALES (AUSTRALIA)- A 51-year-old man has suffered severe puncture wounds after being attacked by a grey nurse shark off the coast of New South Wales. The fisherman was attempting to free three sharks trapped in his net when the animal struck. Saunders has been taken to hospital followingContinue Reading
PERTH (AUSTRALIA)- The diving behaviour of sharks could be influenced by the moon, water temperature and time of day, new research by the University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute and the Australian Institute of Marine Science has revealed. Grey reef sharks Scientists of the two institutes studied about 40 greyContinue Reading
NOOSA BEACH (AUSTRALIA)- A beach was closed rapidly when one shark was chasing another out of the water. Lifesavers pulled out a dying 2 meter long bull shark onto the beach. Noosa Surf Club lifesavers on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast quickly closed the beach after a surfer saw a large bullContinue Reading