On Friday, President Donald Trump vetoed a bill planning to gradually ban the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California. Large-mesh drift gillnets are notorious for accumulating high levels of bycatch- incidental capture of non-targeted species such as sharks (Le Fol, Gwendal). Trump claims that such legislation […]
Shark Hero Talks: Jillian Morris
Jillian Morris is a renowned marine biologist, shark conservationist, photographer, and author. She is the founder of Sharks4Kids, a dynamic shark education program for students around the world.
Researchers create new shark tagging software
Sharks are known to change their activity levels according to varying environmental conditions (Schlaff, Huepeul, & Simpfendorfer, 2014). However, the complex lives of sharks are hidden beneath the surface. The sheer vastness of the ocean makes it difficult to monitor sharks’ natural behavior. Studying activity levels in sharks is a challenge for shark scientists. […]
US and Canada form new white shark research group
Government agencies and shark research groups from Canada and the northeastern US announce the establishment of the New England White Shark Research Consortium (NEWSRC). This new consortium marks the first-ever collaboration between the US and Canada to study white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the northeastern US-Canadian range. The timing for this collaboration is good, given […]
Colombia bans shark fishing
Here is some good news to start December! Colombia announced Friday that sharks’ artisanal and commercial fishing would be prohibited within Colombian waters. By decree, shark fishing is illegal throughout the 127,413.7 square miles of Colombia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Additionally, the Colombian President Iván Duque announces that fishers affected by the ban will be […]
Shark Hero Talks: Jasmin Graham
Jasmin Graham is the president of MISS, Minorities in Shark Science. Founded by four Black female shark researchers, MISS strives to be seen and take up space in a discipline that has been mostly inaccessible for women of color. They strive to be positive role models for the next generation. MISS seeks to promote diversity […]
Shark Hero Talks: Melissa Cristina Marquez
Melissa Márquez is the founder of the Fins United Initiative, an educational initiative that introduces audiences to the diverse sharks and scientists who study them. She is also the host of the ConCiencia Azul science-based podcast. She has starred on shark week, having an interesting encounter with a crocodile. Melissa has been called the ‘Mother […]
Overfishing puts Congolese sharks at extreme risk
Between 100 and 400 sharks and rays are landed in a single day at Pointe-Noire alone, a prime Congo market area, though numbers are underreported
Shark fin smuggling ring busted in South Florida
According to agents with the USFWS, the case is part of a broader effort to disrupt wildlife trafficking networks working inside and outside of U.S. borders.
The biggest sharks tend to be the females of the species
In conducting the research, scientists visited Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef for 11 seasons between 2009 and 2019.
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