Atlantic Shark Institute founder Joe Romeiro has been pushing for greater research and conservation when it comes to makos.
Sharkophile’s Ultimate Guide to Shark Week 2019
It is our favorite time of the year here at Sharkophile.com — Shark Week on Discovery Channel. Personally, we think it should be declared a national holiday. The channel’s annual ode to the apex predator, will air July 28 through August 4. Shark Week 2019 will air over 20 hours of new shark-themed programming Featuring nearly […]
Name a tagged mako shark for your Valentine
Valentine’s Day is almost here. If you’re stuck trying to find that perfect gift for your someone special, researchers at Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute may have just the thing: a tagged female mako shark swimming off the coast of North Carolina who is looking for a name. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, research scientists […]
Conservation group urges greater protection for mako sharks
The marine conservation group The Shark Trust is voicing its concern after the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) failed to properly discuss protections for shortfin mako sharks. Less than 15 minutes of the eight-day meeting were spent addressing the issue and failed to advance any further protections […]
Mako sharks, guitarfish may get additional protections
The Mexican government will back an effort to add both shortfall and long fin mako sharks to to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora when the group meets during its annual summit in 2019. Additionally, the governments of Senegal and Sri Lanka announced they will support similar inclusion of […]
Sharks used to predict Florida election results
Politics isn’t the place for pinfish, especially this election season in Florida, where there is blood in the water and the predators are circling. Sometimes you have to leave the polling to the sharks. Which is why Nova Southeastern University and the Guy Harvey Research Institute have brought back a team of satellite-tagged short-fin mako sharks to […]
Shark skin could unlock secrets of aerodynamics
The unique properties of shark skin may provide engineers with the inspiration to create more aerodynamic machines, researchers say. A team of evolutionary biologists and engineers at Harvard University, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of South Carolina, have discovered a bioinspired structure that could improve the aerodynamic performance of planes, wind turbines, drones […]
Record shark caught off Georgia coast
A 440-pound shortfin mako shark that was caught off the coast of Bryan County has been certified as a state record. The 8-foot-1 inch fish was nearly twice as big as the former state record of 228.5 pounds caught in 1975. The IGFA world record for shark is 1,221 pounds which was caught by Luke Sweeney […]
Anglers hook into leaping mako off coast of Tampa Bay
Warning: Video contains graphic language. A group of anglers were treated to an aerial display after they hooked into a shortfin mako shark while fishing off the coast of Indian Rocks Beach on Sunday. Kellen Keglor and a group of friends were on their way back to port after a day of fishing approximately seven […]