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Study finds major brands selling cat food that contain protected sharks

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Mar 2022

‘They’re going to get worse and worse’: Marine heat wave persists off Sydney

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Feb 2022

Belize shows how fishers and researchers can collaborate to protect sharks

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Feb 2022

In Argentina, sport fishers are reeling in threatened sharks to save them

Rodolfo Chisleanschi 10 Feb 2022
A whale shark in Mexico. Image by MarAlliance2018 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos (commentary)

President Guillermo Lasso 13 Jan 2022
Large tiger sharks overwinter in the Bahamas and migrate thousands of kilometers into open ocean in the summer, but they remain in the Atlantic. Photo credit: © Christopher Vaughan-Jones

Geneticists have identified new groups of tiger sharks to protect

Graycen Wheeler 30 Nov 2021

Advocates welcome halt to shortfin mako shark fishing, call for longer ban

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Nov 2021
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Study shines a light on Indonesia’s murky shark fishery and trade

Carolyn Cowan 5 Nov 2021

Sinking hope of justice as exporter of 26-ton shark fin cargo gets token fine

Michelle Carrere 4 Nov 2021

Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers

Philip Jacobson, Basten Gokkon, Taufik Wijaya, Seulki Lee, Makoto Watanabe, Annelise Giseburt 13 Sep 2021

If you think sharks are scary, blame Hollywood, new study suggests

Jansen Baier 7 Sep 2021
Hammerheads. Photo credit: Yves Lefèvre

Protecting Colombia’s shark paradise: Q&A with Sandra Bessudo

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Aug 2021

In Gabon, a new partnership protects sharks and rays

Gaspard Abitsi, Godefroy De Bruyne, Luke Warwick 8 Jun 2021

Shark catastrophe points to failure to enact global biodiversity agreements

Anna Nordseth 19 Apr 2021

Sharks on a knife’s edge as Maldives mulls lifting 10-year fishing ban

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Apr 2021

From penguins to sharks to whales, swimming in circles is a surprisingly common trait

Basten Gokkon 26 Mar 2021

Scientists discover three glow-in-the-dark sharks

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 4 Mar 2021

Human impacts leave reefs short on sharks and long on moray eels

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Feb 2021

Whale shark stranding points to silting of Indonesia’s Kendari Bay

Ian Morse 13 Jan 2021

More Indonesian sailors repatriated from deadly Chinese fishing fleet

Basten Gokkon 16 Nov 2020

Breaking: Deaths of 2 more Indonesian crew uncovered on board Chinese tuna fleet

Basten Gokkon, Philip Jacobson 29 Oct 2020

Efforts to tackle shark fin trade need to focus closer to shore, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 28 Oct 2020
Shark fins and Totoaba fish bladders seized by U.S. federal authorities in raids during Operation Apex. Image by U.S. Department of Justice.

Shark fin trafficking ring busted as trade ban comes into effect in Florida

Ashoka Mukpo 28 Sep 2020

Landed by the thousands: Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk

Sharon Guynup 23 Sep 2020

Sharks nearby? A bottle of seawater can hold the answer, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Aug 2020

Sharks contaminated with plastic are ‘cause for concern’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Aug 2020

Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ in many global reef systems, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Jul 2020

Shark fin stories by major media ‘misleading’: Q&A with David Shiffman

Jimmy Thomson 13 Jul 2020
Shark fins for sale in Hong Kong. Image provided by Demian Chapman.

Mercury with that? Shark fins served with illegal doses of heavy metals

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jun 2020

Mug shots and public pics join the dots of whale sharks’ Southeast Asian trips

Mongabay.com 28 May 2020

Chinese boat that dumped Indonesian crews at sea was also shark-finning: Reports

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2020

Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 May 2020

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