Asia and Pacific nations agreed at a meeting in the Philippines on Wednesday to take steps to protect whale sharks in a victory for the world's largest fish, officials said.

Biology - Ecology

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Asia-Pacific fishing experts on Sunday warned against depleting tuna stocks, saying the region needs to reduce its catch of the vulnerable bigeye species by 30 percent.

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Dec 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

The European parliament on Thursday called a definitive halt to shark finning, the long contested practice of fishermen slicing off fins and throwing the live body overboard to drown.

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Nov 22, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 5

New research from Georgia Aquarium and Georgia Institute of Technology provides evidence that a suite of techniques called "metabolomics" can be used to determine the health status of whale sharks (Rhincodon ty ...

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(AP)—American Samoa is banning shark fishing in its waters in hopes of stopping the population's decline.

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Nov 15, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—The great white shark is one of the largest living predatory animals and a magnet for media sensationalism, yet its evolutionary history is as misunderstood as its role as a menace.

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Nov 14, 2012 4.8 / 5 (5) 0

The environmental group Greenpeace on Monday said there was an "overfishing crisis" in the Indian Ocean and urged better monitoring of trawlers.

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(Phys.org)—Historically, the media have been particularly harsh to sharks, and it's affecting their survival.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 07, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 1

A South American butterfly flapped its wings, and caused a flurry of nanotechnology research to happen in Ohio. Researchers here have taken a new look at butterfly wings and rice leaves, and learned things ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Nov 07, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 3 |

Pacific stocks of the oceanic whitetip shark, a favourite of fin soup enthusiasts, sank by as much as 17 percent a year between 1995 and 2010 despite catch and finning limits, a study said Wednesday.

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Nov 01, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 1

Shark brains have been found to share several features with those of humans, a discovery which Australian researchers believe could be crucial to developing "repellents" for the killer great white species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 30, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 2

The great shark debate continues in Australia as summer approaches. Shark bites on bathers and surfers are a particularly sensitive reality. These are personal and community-wide tragedies that implore us ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 22, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—Whale sharks, the world's biggest fish, can dive to chilly waters hundreds of metres deep but they need to return to the surface to warm up, according to a new study led by researchers from The ...

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Oct 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 3 |

Armed with a clip board and wearing bright yellow waders, Rima Jabado looked the part of a government inspector at the Dubai fish market as workers sawed the fins off hundreds of dead sharks from Oman and ...

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University of Delaware researchers are using an underwater robot to find and follow sand tiger sharks that they previously tagged with transmitters. The innovative project is part of a multi-year partnership ...

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Oct 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1