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February 5, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

Screen Australia funding Valerie Taylor documentary

The new documentary will reveal how Valerie Taylor defied gender expectations in her work, and dedicated her life to shark conservation.

Filed Under: Entertainment, News Tagged With: Jaws

February 4, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

Basking sharks maintain familial bonds over time

The study found basking shark groups consist of individuals more related to each other than the rest of the population

Filed Under: Biology, News

January 29, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

Extended ‘No-Take Zones’ needed to prevent shark overfishing

Reserves along coral reefs that extend between 10 and 50 kilometers may reverse the decline in the world’s reef shark populations caused by overfishing.

Filed Under: Conservation, Fishing, News Tagged With: grey reef shark

January 24, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

OCEARCH kicks off new expedition to North Atlantic

For its 37th Expedition, OCEARCH is headed back to the Northwest Atlantic Shared Foraging Area to look for great whte sharks.

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: ocearch

January 23, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

Florida may be next state to ban shark fin trade

The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation is among the conservation groups supporting the passage of the proposed legislation, Florida HB 401 and SB 680, which were introduced in late 2019.

Filed Under: Conservation, Featured, News Tagged With: legislation, mako shark, shark finning

January 22, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

The most dangerous shark in 2019? The diminutive cookie cutter

Once again Florida was the leader in shark bite instances around the globe with 21 unprovoked bites recorded, according to the ISAF.

Filed Under: Attacks, Featured, News Tagged With: cookie cutter

January 21, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

Fish hooks can impede sharks’ ability to feed

According to the study, hook retention is a widespread issue that likely affects millions of shark species, including blue sharks, makos and tiger sharks.

Filed Under: Fishing, News Tagged With: Tiger shark

January 8, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

Jaws film may get reboot with Spielberg at helm

Universal Pictures has begun initial development on a new installment of the Jaws film franchise.

Filed Under: Entertainment, News Tagged With: Jaws

January 7, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

After long, strange journey, shark tag recovered in Florida

A satellite tracking tag was recovered in Florida nearly 1,200 miles from where it was first placed on a a great white shark by the family of a shark researcher studying the shark it had once been attached to. The serendipitous finding occurred after the tag, which had previously been attached to a 10-foot great […]

Filed Under: News, Odd, Science Tagged With: Great white

January 6, 2020 by J. Scott Butherus

Viral video shows 5-year-old swimming with great whites

A viral video involving involving popular travel bloggers, Garrett and Jessica Gee, is drawing criticism after they posted video of their five-year-old son, Manilla, cage diving with great white sharks off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The channel, The Bucket List Family, has several videos of the young children diving with different species of […]

Filed Under: Diving, News Tagged With: Great white

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