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 […]
SharkoFiles: Leopard Shark
Leopard sharks are adapted to live close to the bottom of the ocean, as they spend the majority of their time so close to the ocean floor.
No new protections for whitetip sharks despite IUCN classification
This week, the oceanic whitetip shark was reclassified as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), citing “steep population declines” in all oceans. That represents two big steps toward extinction from the shark’s previous classification as “vulnerable,” which it had held since 2006. However, that wasn’t enough to convince countries that fish for […]
Researchers search for elusive oceanic whitetip pupping grounds
Once considered one of the most abundant shark species in the world, commercial fishing and the shark fin trade have decimated their numbers.
Acidic oceans may corrode shark skin
Prolonged exposure to seawater containing higher than normal concentrations of carbon dioxide could have a corrosive effect on the dermal denticles that make up a shark’s skin.
IUCN updates ‘Red List’ for shark species
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced its Red List’s final update of 2019 on December 10th.
A review of shark sanctuaries and their effectiveness
A shark sanctuary with few sharks is by no means a waste of policy, as any effort in conservation can mostly be deemed positive.
The Conversation: Shark nets are destructive
In the process of catching targeted sharks they also catch other animals including turtles, rays, dolphins, and harmless sharks and fish.
Why bycatch is one of the greatest risks to sharks facing extinction
The shark finning industry has become so lucrative that fishing vessels incidentally catching sharks end up retaining their fins in numbers nearly equivalent to the targeted fish species (Camhi, 1999; Pawson and Vince, 1999). Two mechanisms expose sharks to overfishing, one of which is through direct exploitation, where sharks are intentionally hunted and captured for […]
Indonesian whale sharks inadvertently consuming large amounts of plastic
A team of researchers from Australia, the U.S., Indonesia and New Zealand found that whale sharks off the coast of Indonesia were consuming an average 137 pieces of plastic per hour. By using nets fine enough to collect both plankton and very tiny bits of plastic to mimic the way mantas and whale sharks feed, […]
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