Ocean Sentry
A leading marine life expert and official Adviser to the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has called for more action to protect sharks from fishing and for people to not engage in “shark hating” following a tourist being bitten on the foot in Phuket earlier this week.
August, 2017
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15 August
Florida anglers are targeting endangered sharks
Some Florida fishermen are purposefully flouting laws and reeling in endangered sharks, an important new paper reveals.
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15 August
Chinese fishing vessel crew arrested for poaching endangered sharks off Galapagos Islands
A Chinese ship has been detained in the Galapagos Islands after it was caught carrying 300 tonnes of endangered sharks.
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11 August
Investigating the death of a great white shark
The shark had been the fourth in a spate of recent shark deaths. In the previous weeks, three other sharks washed up in Gansbaai, 300km away.
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11 August
Dead whale shark washes ashore with a plastic spoon stuck in digestive system
During postmortem, wildlife officials found a plastic spoon in its digestive system. “It is a stark revelation how plastic waste is getting into the marine eco-system…”
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7 August
The ocean’s fastest shark is being threatened by over fishing
Study using satellite-tagged shortfin mako sharks shows mortality rates have been dramatically underestimated.
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5 August
Sickening footage shows idiot fisherman shoot hammerhead shark dead at point-blank range as his friend reeled it in
Troubling footage of a man shooting a hammerhead shark to death at point-blank range emerged on Thursday. The clip shows a man in a red baseball cap and sunglasses point a small pistol at the shark after it was caught.
July, 2017
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31 July
6,000 kg of ‘shark fins’ seized
The Kochi city police late on Saturday seized suspected shark fins weighing around 6,000 kg.
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28 July
Warning: 2nd shocking shark abuse video being investigated by FWC
As that disturbing shark dragging video continues to makes headlines worldwide, a new video has surfaced, connecting one of the men to another shocking case of animal cruelty.
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26 July
Sharks revealed as the great protectors of seagrass
Sharks, marine scientists say, are often misunderstood, described as ravenous man-eaters. In reality, sharks are critically important to the health of the world’s oceans, yet a quarter of all shark species are threatened with extinction.
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26 July
Onlookers laugh as shark is left in pieces after being dragged through the water
Horrific footage has been released of a shark being tied to a boat and dragged through the water while the passengers point and laugh.
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25 July
Whale sharks subject to harassment in Iran’s southern waters
The level of the stress that the animal might endure and infections that can be transmitted by human to vulnerable whale sharks are indisputably the challenges the animal will face.