Ocean Sentry
Personnel of the National System of Areas of Conservation (SINAC) found two silky sharks and 30 fish tangled in an illegal fishing device 5 nautical miles from Isla del Coco.
March, 2018
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13 March
Working with fishing communities to manage sharks and rays: Liberia
A community science project to manage sharks and rays in Liberia is building on its success to expand from Monrovia and Robertsport to new locations in Buchanan, Harper and Marshall.
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8 March
Study shows decline of shark populations even in remote ‘pristine’ archipelago
A team of researchers with members from the U.S., France and the U.K. has found evidence showing reductions in shark populations in a part of the Indian ocean thought to be nearly pristine—the Chagos archipelago.
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4 March
Blacktip shark facts: climate change lowers ocean migration
Climate change has drastically reduced the number of blacktip sharks migrating down the Atlantic coast to South Florida, posing a threat to the environmental health of the region.
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2 March
Samoa creates huge shark sanctuary
The island nation of Samoa has declared its waters a shark sanctuary, joining a string of other Pacific countries in protecting the marine predators.
February, 2018
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20 February
Costa Rica prepares to export more than 10 tons of hammerhead shark fins
Twenty-two marine conservation NGOs from around the world consider any attempt to export the fins a violation of CITES and therefore a major threat to the survival of hammerhead sharks.
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19 February
Horrified park ranger discovers 14 slaughtered baby sharks left mutilated and laid out on a rock wall
Dead baby sharks have been found mutilated and lined up in rows along the rock wall of a popular headland near the Queensland border of NSW.
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19 February
Tourists appalled by slaughter of shark and manta rays
It was a heart-wrenching Chinese New Year celebration for Sabah’s shark conservationist Adderick Chong as pictures of the slaughter of oceanic manta ray emerged after a lull from the diving havens of Pulau Mabul.
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9 February
Great white shark population in New Zealand and Australian waters lower than scientists thought
World first genetic analysis of the white shark population in Australasian waters shows the numbers of the threatened species are lower than scientists thought.
January, 2018
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25 January
300 rotting sharks found 150 miles inland off busy highway
Police authorities and residents of Michoacán, Mexico, were in for a surprise when they found carcasses of 300 sharks by a roadside in the state, 150 miles away from the sea.
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19 January
Global analysis reveals how sharks travel the oceans to find food
A major international collaboration led by the University of Southampton could help global efforts to overturn recent declines in the world’s shark population by providing greater insight into the feeding habits of the world’s most misunderstood fish.
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17 January
New study suggests shark declines can lead to changes in reef fish body shapes
The study is the first field evidence of body shape changes in fish due to human-driven shark declines from overfishing. These findings shed new light on the cascading effects the loss of the ocean’s top predators is having on marine ecosystems.