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News - Sharks

Chinese medicine threatens Ningaloo manta rays

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 07:22

Manta rays in Western Australia's Ningaloo marine park are threatened by the growing worldwide demand for their gill rakers, according to a new report. The Manta Ray of Hope: The Global Threat to Manta and Mobula Rays report also highlights the need to give the rays protection in Australian waters. "The report shows that worldwide, manta and mobula rays are declining, particularly in India, Sri Lanka and Indone…

Endangered species for dinner: Hurghada hotels display sharks on buffet tables

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 22:06
Two hotels from the Pickalbatros chain in Hurghada have been flagrantly and ostentatiously flouting wildlife protection laws, serving up buffets of endangered fish and sharks. With the corpses of the sharks, rays and parrot fish hanging from the ceiling as a gruesome garnish, chefs stand by to cut and grill them to order, horrifying some customers....

Decrease in shark numbers poses risk to Great Barrier Reef: researcher

Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:40
The Far North's reef shark populations are dropping at an alarming rate and a marine biologist says the decline of the apex predators could pose a serious risk to the ecology of the Great Barrier Reef. Research has found that reef shark populations are decreasing by up to 17 per cent each year, Dr Ashley Frisch, of James Cook University’s ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, says...

Carrefour to stop selling shark's fin too after current stock runs out

Saturday, 07 January 2012 09:39
A day after Singapore's biggest supermarket chain announced that it will stop selling shark's fin, another supermarket has said it intends to do so by the end of the year. A spokesman for Carrefour told The Straits Times on Friday it will no longer sell shark's fin after its current stock runs out...