Tag: "sandbar sharks"

Pop-up satellite tag deployed on an adult sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus). Windward Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Sandbar sharks are listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List. Photo by Dean Grubbs, courtesy of Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Third of All Sharks, Rays Threatened – New VIMS Study

Editor’s Note — This article was written by David Malmquist and provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Dr. Jack Musick, emeritus professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has overseen a global study suggesting that 33 percent of shark, skate, and ray species are threatened with extinction. The work is part of [...]

Oct 27, 2010 | 0 comments View Post
Tiger shark - Photo by Albert Kok

Latest Coastal Shark Survey Completed

Survey in U.S. East Coast waters is helping scientists and fishery resource managers to monitor shark populations and their role in marine ecosystems.

NOAA scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) lab in Narragansett, R.I., recently conducted their ninth coastal shark survey from Florida to Delaware.

Aug 28, 2009 | 0 comments View Post