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Batoidea - Sharks & Rays
 Andrea Marshall details the big steps made in 2011 in the on-going battle to ensure the survival of the giant manta ray in her Save Our Seas blog |
 Oceans Discovery team launches tours allowing visitors to meet local shark experts |
 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted to prohibit the commercial and recreational harvest of four shark species |
 Delighted keepers at Deep Sea World, Scotland’s national aquarium, are celebrating after thebirth of a rare angel shark pup. It’s the firsttime the critically endangered shark has ever bred... |
 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has added giant and reef manta rays to its Red List of Threatened Species. |
 The IUCN Red List shows that tunas and sharks are particularly in danger. Additionally other marine plants and animals also face danger in changes to their habitats, including 14 % of sea grasses... |
 Fishing for porbeagles (estimated to have declined by up to 99% in the Mediterranean) is now prohibited in all EU waters, including the Mediterranean Sea, and by EU vessels fishing in... |
 Proposed bylaw would impose fines ranging from $5,000 for a first offence to $100,000 for a third offence |
 To understand why, let me share these images with you; they were all taken in 2008 when Aliwal Shoal was at its best. |
 Great white numbers increasing off California coast, shark expert proclaims |
 NOAA's Fisheries Service has designated the eastern North Pacific basking shark, a "species of concern" because it has suffered a dramatic decline in population despite decreasing fishing pressure... |
 A great white shark tagged by New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has set a world record for the deepest known dive at 1200m |
 Last week I advised you to stay tuned for the second part of diving out of the cage with Great white sharks. What an amazing surprise and sad one too - it was to learn that yesterday a body surfer... |
 The two newly discovered species of wobbegong sharks have made their public debut in the scientific journal, Zootaxa. The wo wobbegong sharks werefound off the south west coast of Western... |
 Sharks and rays use a gel-like substance on their heads to help pick out and follow the trail of a bleeding prey, a new scientific study has found |
 Employing criminal investigation techniques to locate shark attacks in the wild. Researchers from the United States and Canada are using geographic profiling -- a criminal investigation tool used... |
 The less salty water and supplies of mullet turn out to be the perfect habitat for young bull sharks. |
 Great Whites have created job opportunities and wealth creation beyond what Gansbaai could ever hope to aspire without these sharks. |
 Forensic techniques can now precisely identify sharks by the bite marks left on their victims. |
 The ancestor of all hammerhead sharks probably appeared abruptly in Earth's oceans about 20 million years ago and was as big as some contemporary hammerheads, according to a new study led by the... |
 During the south west monsoon from May to November, it is usual to see up to 200 feeding manta rays and whale sharks in a small enclosed reef the size of a football field off the uninhabited... |
 A tagged blue shark recaptured by a longliner off the south east coast of South Africa, has clocked up the record distance travelled by any shark recorded under the Gamefish Tagging Program. |
 The largest ever reported aggregation of whale sharks —with up to 420 individuals, was observed off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. |
 Designation encompasses all 240,000 square kilometres of country's exclusive economic zone on both Pacific and Caribbean coasts. |
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