Check out this great video from Land Shark posted on YouTube this past Thursday of Florida angler Viktor Hluben landing a 14-foot Giant Hammerhead from the beach. According to Hluben, it took about an hour to bring the fish in close enough to tail rope and drag to shore before releasing the shark. The video […]
The Marine Ecology Progress Series of the Inter-Research Science Center has published a new study about the effects of catch-and-release fishing on five species of sharks. The article, written by Austin J. Gallagher, Neil Hammerschlag, Joseph E. Serafy of the National Marine Fisheries Service in Miami and the University of Miami and Steven J. Cooke […]
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Saltwater Nation citizens should be thrilled to see that Time Magazine’s The Year in Pictures issue for 2013 features a breaching great white shark on the cover. The photo was taken off of South Africa. We figure if you’re going to review any year, saltwater ought to be the theme. And, to make matters even […]
In a press release today, the Hong Kong government announced that it would no longer serve shark fin and bluefin tuna at official functions. A press release titled “Gov’t Adopts ‘Green’ Menus,” announces: “The Government has pledged to adopt sustainability-conscious food consumption during official entertainment functions. No shark fin, bluefin tuna or black moss will be […]
Appearing on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week talk show “Shark After Dark,” actress Tara Reid, famous for her appearances in the American Pie film series, The Big Lobowski, and now Sharknado, explains whale sharks. Wait. What? FISH ON!
A number of news sources around the country are reporting a story out of Pacifica, California, that a shark bit a kayak yesterday. According to police reports, the man paddling the yak was unharmed (no news yet as to the damage the yak sustained). Pacifica Police Captain Joe Spanheimer has been quoted as reporting that […]
The Fiji Times Online is reporting today that Chinese tuna boat operators are targeting sharks as a primary fishery. Speaking with Kaiafa Ledua, a Fijian who worked aboard a Chinese tuna boat for six years. According to Ledua, fishermen would receive triple pay for each shark they brought in compared with the payment for a […]