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11-5-09
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The Secret Lives and Loves of Great White Sharks
Animals
Katie
- 5 hours ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
Animals
Katie
- 5 hours ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
Great white sharks, much like humans, tend to stick to familiar turf, according to new research. Also like a lot of people, they like to hang out along the coastal waters of California.
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1 month ago
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10-29-09
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Shark Finning By Stealth - TAKE ACTION !
Animals
Maria
- 5 hours ago - oceansentry.org
Animals
Maria
- 5 hours ago - oceansentry.org
Way up north in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a major Australian fishery is currently targeting high numbers of sharks, mostly for their fins, to service the shameful international trade in shark fin. In spite of the national ban on shark finning, a loophole
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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10-22-09
113
Shark Nets in Qld Will Not Be Removed
Environment
Claudia
- 7 days ago - news.brisbanetimes.com.au
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Environment
Claudia
- 7 days ago - news.brisbanetimes.com.au
Shark nets along the Gold Coast will not be removed, despite yet another young whale being caught in a net off Burleigh Heads on Tuesday - the fifth so far this migration season.
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 12:51 am
Shark nets along the Gold Coast will not be removed, despite yet another young whale being caught in a net off Burleigh Heads on Tuesday - the fifth so far this migration season.
It took just an hour to free the seven-metre juvenile, which shark control program manager Tony Ham said was probably one of last year's calves.
"This animal was calm and quiet, even though it was windy and conditions were difficult, so that helped the release," he said.
"Happily the mother was there to keep an eye on the young whale, and that usually gives them an opportunity to calm down... so that's usually a good thing for us."
Mr Ham said despite the number of young whales being tangled up this season, the shark nets will not be removed.
In fact the damaged net off Burleigh will be replaced before the end of the day.
Mr Ham denied the shark nets are being maintained simply because of political pressure and said their value in stopping shark attacks is well documented.
"The program has been in place since 1962 and in that time we've had one fatal attack on a protected beach, at North Stradbroke island in 2006," he said.
"There were a number of attacks prior to the program going in - some of those were pretty
horrific and fatal.
"We believe the program does work.
"It does catch sharks and it does catch dangerous sharks (so) to remove the nets even for the whale migration season is not an option."
Mr Ham said the argument that not many people swam in the surf during the migration season was simply wrong.
"We have people bathing on Gold Coast beaches
year round," he said.
"People come to Queensland for the very reason that we have safe swimming beaches."
He said it was "unacceptable" to remove the safety equipment, particularly with school holidays coming up.
Shark nets along the Gold Coast will not be removed, despite yet another young whale being caught in a net off Burleigh Heads on Tuesday - the fifth so far this migration season.
It took just an hour to free the seven-metre juvenile, which shark control program manager Tony Ham said was probably one of last year's calves.
"This animal was calm and quiet, even though it was windy and conditions were difficult, so that helped the release," he said.
"Happily the mother was there to keep an eye on the young whale, and that usually gives them an opportunity to calm down... so that's usually a good thing for us."
Mr Ham said despite the number of young whales being tangled up this season, the shark nets will not be removed.
In fact the damaged net off Burleigh will be replaced before the end of the day.
Mr Ham denied the shark nets are being maintained simply because of political pressure and said their value in stopping shark attacks is well documented.
"The program has been in place since 1962 and in that time we've had one fatal attack on a protected beach, at North Stradbroke island in 2006," he said.
"There were a number of attacks prior to the program going in - some of those were pretty
horrific and fatal.
"We believe the program does work.
"It does catch sharks and it does catch dangerous sharks (so) to remove the nets even for the whale migration season is not an option."
Mr Ham said the argument that not many people swam in the surf during the migration season was simply wrong.
"We have people bathing on Gold Coast beaches
year round," he said.
"People come to Queensland for the very reason that we have safe swimming beaches."
He said it was "unacceptable" to remove the safety equipment, particularly with school holidays coming up.
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1 month ago
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10-22-09
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Sharks Worth More Alive Than Dead
Environment
Claudia
- 58 minutes ago - diverwire.com
Claudia For the Oceans (307)
Environment
Claudia
- 58 minutes ago - diverwire.com
New research by the World Wildlife Federation-Australia shows the ocean predators draw a healthy chunk of the tourist dollar.
Claudia For the Oceans (307)
Thursday October 22, 2009, 1:38 am
According to recent media reports, SHARKS are worth more alive than dead
New research by the World Wildlife Federation-Australia shows the ocean predators draw a healthy chunk of the tourist dollar.
WWF Australia spokesman Nick Heath says shark tourism is on the rise but shark numbers are declining, with estimates placing reef shark populations at three to 12 per cent of their original size in some parts of the Great Barrier Reef.
"We must do more to protect these top predators from disappearing on our watch, if not for the benefit of the environment, then at least for the benefit of the back pocket," Mr Heath said.
"A guaranteed shark sighting is worth its weight in gold to the tourism industry."
He said recent research by James Cook University found potential shark sightings were a major drawcard to the diving sector, with tourists willing to pay thousands of dollars to see a shark in the wild.
The researchers estimated up to 25 per cent or $1,375 of each visitor's expenditure in Cairns and Port Douglas in far north Queensland went towards the opportunity to see a shark.
Divers mostly want to see hammerhead sharks followed by whale sharks and tiger sharks, the study found.
The group says more than 70,000 sharks are taken by fishermen each year in waters off north Queensland, many inside the Great Barrier Reef area.
Sharks thus come under particular threat because of slow growth rates, late sexual maturity, long gestation periods and birthing only a few young at a time.
According to recent media reports, SHARKS are worth more alive than dead
New research by the World Wildlife Federation-Australia shows the ocean predators draw a healthy chunk of the tourist dollar.
WWF Australia spokesman Nick Heath says shark tourism is on the rise but shark numbers are declining, with estimates placing reef shark populations at three to 12 per cent of their original size in some parts of the Great Barrier Reef.
"We must do more to protect these top predators from disappearing on our watch, if not for the benefit of the environment, then at least for the benefit of the back pocket," Mr Heath said.
"A guaranteed shark sighting is worth its weight in gold to the tourism industry."
He said recent research by James Cook University found potential shark sightings were a major drawcard to the diving sector, with tourists willing to pay thousands of dollars to see a shark in the wild.
The researchers estimated up to 25 per cent or $1,375 of each visitor's expenditure in Cairns and Port Douglas in far north Queensland went towards the opportunity to see a shark.
Divers mostly want to see hammerhead sharks followed by whale sharks and tiger sharks, the study found.
The group says more than 70,000 sharks are taken by fishermen each year in waters off north Queensland, many inside the Great Barrier Reef area.
Sharks thus come under particular threat because of slow growth rates, late sexual maturity, long gestation periods and birthing only a few young at a time.
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1 month ago
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10-21-09
Shark finning by stealth in Australian waters
Australians could be forgiven for thinking that fishing for shark fins is no longer permitted in our waters. Surely with such dramatic shark population collapses around the globe, our Government would not permit this unsustainable practice by our own fisheries?
Well they do.
Way up north in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a major Australian fishery is currently targeting high numbers of sharks, mostly for their fins, to service the shameful international trade in shark fin. In spite of the national ban on shark finning, a loophole allows sharks to be caught and their fins removed at sea, as long as the body is not discarded.
Well they do.
Way up north in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a major Australian fishery is currently targeting high numbers of sharks, mostly for their fins, to service the shameful international trade in shark fin. In spite of the national ban on shark finning, a loophole allows sharks to be caught and their fins removed at sea, as long as the body is not discarded.
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries supports the export of shark fins from this fishery and ocean lovers everywhere must make a stand.
Sharks are inherently vulnerable to overfishing. Their life cycles are more like whales and dolphins; sharks are slow-growing, late to mature and produce few young. Sharks are also a keystone species and their removal has serious negative effects on marine ecosystems. We must act today.
It is totally unacceptable that Australian fisheries participate in the grossly unsustainable shark fin trade. Sign our petition and send your objections to the Queensland Government. And please help spread the word.
We can stop this if we make a stand.
Sharks are inherently vulnerable to overfishing. Their life cycles are more like whales and dolphins; sharks are slow-growing, late to mature and produce few young. Sharks are also a keystone species and their removal has serious negative effects on marine ecosystems. We must act today.
It is totally unacceptable that Australian fisheries participate in the grossly unsustainable shark fin trade. Sign our petition and send your objections to the Queensland Government. And please help spread the word.
We can stop this if we make a stand.
Please pass this on to anyone who loves our ocean wildlife.
Submissions must be sent by 5pm 30 October 2009
For more information on the review of this fishery by the Queensland Government, click here.
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1 month ago
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10-15-09
STOP Shark Fin & Fin products For Sale In San Francisco.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/stop-shark-fin-and-fin-products-for-sale-in-san-francisco
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1 month ago
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10-14-09
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Shark Nets in Qld Will Not Be Removed
Environment
Claudia
- 2 hours ago - news.brisbanetimes.com.au
Environment
Claudia
- 2 hours ago - news.brisbanetimes.com.au
Shark nets along the Gold Coast will not be removed, despite yet another young whale being caught in a net off Burleigh Heads on Tuesday - the fifth so far this migration season.
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 12:51 am
Shark nets along the Gold Coast will not be removed, despite yet another young whale being caught in a net off Burleigh Heads on Tuesday - the fifth so far this migration season.
It took just an hour to free the seven-metre juvenile, which shark control program manager Tony Ham said was probably one of last year's calves.
"This animal was calm and quiet, even though it was windy and conditions were difficult, so that helped the release," he said.
"Happily the mother was there to keep an eye on the young whale, and that usually gives them an opportunity to calm down... so that's usually a good thing for us."
Mr Ham said despite the number of young whales being tangled up this season, the shark nets will not be removed.
In fact the damaged net off Burleigh will be replaced before the end of the day.
Mr Ham denied the shark nets are being maintained simply because of political pressure and said their value in stopping shark attacks is well documented.
"The program has been in place since 1962 and in that time we've had one fatal attack on a protected beach, at North Stradbroke island in 2006," he said.
"There were a number of attacks prior to the program going in - some of those were pretty
horrific and fatal.
"We believe the program does work.
"It does catch sharks and it does catch dangerous sharks (so) to remove the nets even for the whale migration season is not an option."
Mr Ham said the argument that not many people swam in the surf during the migration season was simply wrong.
"We have people bathing on Gold Coast beaches
year round," he said.
"People come to Queensland for the very reason that we have safe swimming beaches."
He said it was "unacceptable" to remove the safety equipment, particularly with school holidays coming up.
Claudia For the Oceans (303)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 12:53 am
Oh but people, there are also nets that don't kill or allows any species to be trapped in.But these are more expensive,so yeah,what's more important again? The mighty dollar
Oh but people, there are also nets that don't kill or allows any species to be trapped in.But these are more expensive,so yeah,what's more important again? The mighty dollar
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1 month ago
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10-12-09
11
'Barbaric' Removal of Shark Fins for Asian Supermarkets Banned in Scottish Waters
Animals
Cal
- 2 hours ago - heraldscotland.com
Animals
Cal
- 2 hours ago - heraldscotland.com
Slicing the fins off endangered sharks and selling them to China for soup - a practice widely condemned as "barbaric" - is to be banned in Scottish waters.
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1 month ago
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10-12-09
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Shark Fin Ban Ends Cruel Slaughter
Environment
Katie
- 8 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
Environment
Katie
- 8 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
A ban on shark finning in UK waters is to be introduced by the government, ministers will announce this week. The practice, which involves slicing fins from sharks at sea and dumping their bodies overboard -has been heavily criticised by campaigners.
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1 month ago
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10-6-09
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Vulnerable Shark Species Killed and Sold in Spanish Coast
Animals
Maria
- 2 hours ago - oceansentry.org
Animals
Maria
- 2 hours ago - oceansentry.org
The harmless thresher shark that last summer was spotted less than one mile off Vilanova y la Geltru in the northwest of Spain was finally killed on Tuesday 29th by the longline vessel Antonio Mullor from this same fishing village.
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2 months ago
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News To Note, Information & Petitions
10-4-09
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Great White Sharks, Other Shark Species Protected Under Plans for Shark Sanctuary in Palau
Animals
Simone
- 1 day ago - examiner.com
Animals
Simone
- 1 day ago - examiner.com
During the recent United Nations meetings, the President of Palau, made a bold announcement - his country is creating the world's first shark sanctuary. The goal is to protect endangered species by banning all commercial shark fishing within its territory
Didn't see your petition link Cheree! This is the NEWS TO NOTE to go w/ it
2 months ago
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Stop The Brutal Finning Of Sharks! - Petition -Take Action 
Animals
Daphna
- 9 hours ago - gopetition.com
This slaughter needs to be stopped as soon as possible! Every year thousands upon thousands of shark species are caught and get their fins hacked off by normally rusty machetes, knives or anything sharp that is available.
This post was modified from its original form on 28 Sep, 19:18
Petition
2 months ago
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News To Note, Information & Petitions
9-28-09
STOP The Brutal Finning Of Sharks.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-brutal-finning-of-sharks/sign.html
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2 months ago
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9-26-09
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Palau to Ban Shark Fishing
Animals
Simone
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
Animals
Simone
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
Palau, an island nation in the Western Pacific, is banning fishing for shark in its waters, Matt Rand, director of the Pew Environment Group's shark conservation program, said Thursday. Mr. Rand said that Johnson Toribiong, the country's president,
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2 months ago
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9-24-09
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Vet Operates on Shark to Remove Fish Hook Lodged in Its Mouth - Times Online
Animals
Angela
- 13 hours ago - timesonline.co.uk
Animals
Angela
- 13 hours ago - timesonline.co.uk
Florence the nurse shark has had lifesaving surgery in Dorset to remove a rusty fish hook that became lodged in her mouth.
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2 months ago
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9-23-09
23
Fresh Calls for Whale Sharks Release
Animals
Angela
- 22 hours ago - thenational.ae
Animals
Angela
- 22 hours ago - thenational.ae
A juvenile whale shark caught in August last year has now spent more than 12 months in a Dubai hotel aquarium, triggering renewed calls for its release.
2 months ago
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News To Note, Information & Petitions
9-12-09
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Mutilated Sharks Turning Up in SA Waters
Animals
Maria
- 23 minutes ago - iol.co.za
Animals
Maria
- 23 minutes ago - iol.co.za
Foreign fishermen are continuing to hack the fins off sharks in South African waters and toss the animals back into the sea while they are alive. Most of the butchered sharks drown, starve or are eaten by other predators because they are no
2 months ago
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9-12-09
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Stop Shark Slaughter. Petition -Take Action-
Environment
Daphna
- 15 hours ago - petitiononline.com
Environment
Daphna
- 15 hours ago - petitiononline.com
Currently the Chinese people are eating a soup which is causing the biggest ecological disaster of our time. Supplying the demand for Shark's Fin soup involves the death of what best estimates say are between 50 and 150 million sharks a year. This is unsu
2 months ago
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9-12-09
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Take Action - Stop Shark Culling Petition
Environment
Daphna
- 15 hours ago - sharklife.co.za
Environment
Daphna
- 15 hours ago - sharklife.co.za
There is growing concern in the local and international community regarding the killing of sharks as a means of bather protection. Granted this method has been used for decades at certain bathing beaches, however it is becoming increasingly unacceptable
2 months ago
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9-12-09
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The Galapagos Conservation Trust's Shark Campaign Petition- Take Action-
Environment
Daphna
- 15 hours ago - secure.gct.org
Environment
Daphna
- 15 hours ago - secure.gct.org
By signing this letter we ask you to safeguard the survival of sharks and rays within European waters. We are deeply concerned about the failure of EU fishery managers to heed scientific studies that time and again emphasise the decline of sharks and rays
2 months ago
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9-12-09
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Shark Gawkers Flock to Chatham Beach | CapeCodOnline.Com
Offbeat
Angela
- 2 hours ago - capecodonline.com
Offbeat
Angela
- 2 hours ago - capecodonline.com
Would-be shark gawkers circled the Lighthouse Beach overlook this morning like, well, so many sharks as they jockeyed for a coveted parking space.
PETITION.
2 months ago
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News To Note, Information & Petitions
9-11-09
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- Take Action- URGENT! PLEASE HELP US SAVE OUR SHARKS!
Animals
Daphna
- 11 hours ago - aoca.org.za South Africa is considered a shark diving Mecca of the world. Every year thousands of tourists come to South Africa to have a unique diving experience with some of the oceans top predators. This eco-tourist industry brings in millions of Rands of revenue,
2 months ago
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News To Note, Information & Petitions
9-9-09
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Florida's Lemon Sharks Need Our Help! Please Take Action
Environment
Claudia
- 35 minutes ago - sharksafe.blogspot.com
Claudia For the Oceans (278)
Environment
Claudia
- 35 minutes ago - sharksafe.blogspot.com
Florida's Lemon Sharks Need our Help!
Wednesday September 9, 2009, 2:43 am
Written comments can be submitted to:
By email: Commissioners@MyFWC.com
By postal mail:
Kathleen Hampton
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
620 South Meridian Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
Comments submitted will be forwarded to the Commissioners for their review and for the record.
Please note: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from state officials regarding state business are considered public records and are available to the public and the media upon request. Therefore, your e-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure.
Public attendance is still vital though!! Please try to make it to the meeting in person. The Sept. 10th FWC meeting takes place at the Mission Inn Resort & Club. This is a really nice place to spend a few days and only minutes from Orlando! Very reasonable rates too (call to check - we got a lower rate than advertised on the website).
See previous post for more info. Please also see the flyer posted on the Shark Savers site, which includes links to full details about the proposed regulations.
http://sharksafe.blogspot.com/2009/09/update-to-floridas-lemon-sharks-need.html
Written comments can be submitted to:
By email: Commissioners@MyFWC.com
By postal mail:
Kathleen Hampton
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
620 South Meridian Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
Comments submitted will be forwarded to the Commissioners for their review and for the record.
Please note: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from state officials regarding state business are considered public records and are available to the public and the media upon request. Therefore, your e-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure.
Public attendance is still vital though!! Please try to make it to the meeting in person. The Sept. 10th FWC meeting takes place at the Mission Inn Resort & Club. This is a really nice place to spend a few days and only minutes from Orlando! Very reasonable rates too (call to check - we got a lower rate than advertised on the website).
See previous post for more info. Please also see the flyer posted on the Shark Savers site, which includes links to full details about the proposed regulations.
http://sharksafe.blogspot.com/2009/09/update-to-floridas-lemon-sharks-need.html
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3 months ago
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Fishing Boat Loaded with Sharks Found in Colombia
