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Shark News

Editorial details Alphabetical Listing of Shark News Articles by Title
(use the search option on your browser - usually Ctrl+F - to find a specific name or keyword, i.e., to find an article on mako sharks, type in "mako")
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1st AGM Held of European Elasmobranch Association

The 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Elasmobranch Update
Rachel Cavanagh and Sarah Fowler

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A:

Activities Undertaken by FAO Towards the Implementation of CITES Resolution Conf. 9.17 on Sharks
Dr David Ardill

The American Elasmobranch Society's Captive Elasmobranch Census
Beth Firchau and Warren W. Pryor

American Fisheries Society Symposium on Long-lived Marine Animals Fisheries Information News, Vol 3 no. 2, July 1997

The American Zoo & Aquarium Association: Elasmobranchs in Public Aquaria
Doug Warmolts

Archival Tagging of Sharks in Australia
John Stevens

The Artisanal Ray Fishery in the Gulf of California: Development, Fisheries Research and Management Issues
J. Fernando Márquez-Farias

Atlantic Skates Under Threat of Extinction

Australia to Propose White Shark for CITES Listing

Australia's Southern Shark Fishery Goes Spatial
André Punt and Terry Walker

Australian Shark Conservation Foundation Established

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B:

Basking Shark Protection Extended Again

Basking Shark Tagging and Telemetry in the UK

Bayesian Methods in Shark Fishery Management
Elizabeth A. Babcock and Ellen K. Pikitch

Beach Meshing to Continue in New Zealand

British Columbian Spiny Dogfish Stocks are Doing Fine
Ramon Bonfil and Mark W. Saunders

Burning the Candle at Both Ends
Steve Branstetter

Bycatch and Lost Catch in the Uruguayan Longline Fishery
Andrés Domingo

Bycatch of Sharks and Rays in the Deep Sea Crustacean Fishery off the Chilean Coast
Enzo Acuña & Juan C. Villarroel

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C:

Call for Earthwatch Proposals

Catch/Tag-and-Release: the Conservation Option for Recreational Shark Fishermen
Robert E. Hueter

Chairman's Farewell Message
Samuel H. Gruber

Chairman's message to the Shark Specialist Group
Samuel H. Gruber

Challenges of Atlantic Shark Management for a Viable and Sustainable Shark Fishery
Margo B. Schulze-Haugen and Karyl K. Brewster-Geisz

Chumming the Elphinstone Wreck, Egypt

Cipactli's Sword, Tlaltecuhtli's teeth: Deciphering the Sawfish & Shark Offerings in the Aztec Great Temple
Matthew T. McDavitt

CITES action for Sharks
Sonja Fordham

CITES Update
Rachel Cavanagh and Sarah Fowler

Closure of Philippines Whale Shark Fishery

Coastal Shark Fishery off Pernambuco - Brazil: Is There Any Possibility of Management?
Sérgio Macedo Gomes de Mattos

Commercial Landings of Sharks in South-Western England
Philip Vas and Teresa Thorpe

Costa Rica's Shark Fishery and Cartilage industry
Merry Camhi

A Craze for Shark-Cage Diving has its Dangers --- for Sharks
Ellen Bartlett

Critically Endangered Large Coastal Sharks, a Case Study: the Sandbar Shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Jack Musick

The Cultural and Economic Importance of Sawfishes (Family Pristidae)
Matthew McDavitt

Cyanide Spill in the Essequibo River, Guyana
Sid F. Cook

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D:

Dark Clouds on Mediterranean Elasmobranchs: The Case of Endemic Skates

Data Storage Tags: Individual Behaviour-based Approaches to Migration
Nick Dulvy and Julian Metcalfe

Disputed cancer 'cure' spells disaster for Costa Rica's sharks
Johel Jimenez

Diving with Elasmobranchs: a Call for Restraint
George H. Burgess

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E:

East Asian fin trade

The Economics of Shark and Ray Watching in the Maldives
Charles Anderson and Ali Waheed

Editorial
Yvonne Sadovy

Editorial
Sarah Fowler

Editorial
Sarah Fowler

Editorial
J.A. Musick

Editorial
Sarah Fowler and Jack Musick

Editorial
Sarah Fowler

Editorial
Sarah Fowler and Jack Musick

Editorial
Merry Camhi

Elasmobranch Biodiversity and Conservation in Sabah
Sarah Fowler

Elasmobranch Research and Conservation Efforts at the National Aquarium in Baltimore (NAIB)
Alan D. Henningsen and Kimberly Morris-Zarneke

Elasmobranch Research in Brazil
Alberto Amorim

Elasmobranchs Listed Under Barcelona Convention Protocol

Environmental Hero Award

Erratum: Shark Nets in Hong Kong
Yvonne Sadovy

European Elasmobranch Groups
Sarah Fowler

Evolution of Sharks: Hints for Successful Management Strategies
Erich K. Ritter

Eyewitness Shark Video

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FAO Consultation on the Conservation and Management of Sharks
From FAO press release

First Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Elasmobranch Study (SBEEL), July 1997
Sergio Mattos

Fisheries Effects and Management of North Sea Rays
Paddy Walker

Fishery for the Shortfin Mako Isurus oxyrinchus in Southern Brazil
Fábio E. S. Costa, Francisco M. S. Braga, Alberto F. Amorim and Carlos A. Arfelli

Fishery for US Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Temporarily Halted
Sonja Fordham

The Fishery Status of Chimaeroids (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali), Summary Report
Dominique Didier

Freshwater elasmobranchs: a questionable future
Leonard J.V. Compagno and Sid F. Cook

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G:

Galapagos Under Siege
Merry Camhi

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H:

High Mercury Levels in Shark's Fin

Historic Trends in Catches of the Brazilian Longline Fishery in the Southwestern Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Fábio H. V. Hazin, Matt K. Broadhurst, Humberto G. Hazin and Paulo Travassos

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I:

ICES: The International Initiative for Conservation of White Sharks
Ian K. Fergusson and Leonard J.V. Compagno

ICES Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes
Ramon Bonfil

ICES Study Group on Elasmobranch Fishes
Paddy Walker

ICES takes action on elasmobranchs

Identification and Closure of Nurse Shark Breeding Grounds
Jeffrey C. Carrier

International Game Fish Association Register

International Plan of Action for the Conservation & Management of Sharks
Andrea Oliver, Glenn Sant and Sarah Fowler

International Shark Conservation and Management Initiatives
Mike Pawson and Sarah Fowler

International trade in sharks and shark products

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L:

Lake Nicaragua Revisited: Conversations with a Former Sawfish Fisherman
Matthew T. McDavitt

Large Coastal Atlantic Shark Fisheries closure notice

Letters to the Editors: Responses to "Diving with Elasmobranchs - a Call for Restraint"
Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch and Doug Perrine

Localised Stock Depletion: Does it Occur for Sharks?
Terry Walker

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M:

Management and Perceptions of Spiny Dogfish in Atlantic Canada
Christina Semeniuk and Thomas Hurlbut

Management of the US Atlantic Recreational Shark Catch
Steve Branstetter

Manta Rays in the Yaeyama Islands
Hajime Ishihara and Kimiya Homma

Manta Tagging Starts in the Maldives

Marine Fish Added to List of World's Most Threatened Animals
Elodie Hudson

Mexico/Guatemala: a Collaboration in Shark Fisheries
Fernando Marquez

Molecular Genetics of Some Brazilian Sharks
Manuel Furtado-Neto and Steve Carr

Moratorium on White Shark Research

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N:

NAFO Focus on Northwest Atlantic Elasmobranchs
Sonja Fordham

Neotropical Freshwater Stingrays: Diversity and Conservation Status
Patricia Charvet-Almeida, Maria Lúcia Góes de Araújo, Ricardo S. Rosa and Getúlio Rincón

New Record of Pregnant White Shark, Kenya

No Sharks at Chagos
Charles Anderson

New Study Calls for Improved Shark Fisheries Management and Monitoring
Bobbie Jo Kelso

NMFS Cooperative Shark Tagging Program
Nancy Kohler

NMFS Takes Aggressive Stance to Prevent Continued Overfishing
Michael Bailey

Notice of the Next Shark Specialist Group Meeting: August 1996, Brisbane, Australia
Merry Camhi

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O:

Obituary: Donald R. Nelson
Samuel H. Gruber

Obituary: Mike Holden, OBE

Obituary: Sidney F. Cook
Sarah Fowler and Leonard Compagno

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P:

Painted Ray Raja undulata Reproduction
Francisco José Pinto de la Rosa

Painted/Undulate Ray Reproduction - Erratum to January Article

Proposal To List Smalltooth Sawfish As Endangered
Rachel Cavanagh

Pelagic Fisheries in the Galapagos Marine Resources Reserve

Philippine Whale Shark and Manta Ray Fisheries
Romy Trono

Philopatry, Natal Homing and Localised Stock Depletion in Sharks
Robert E. Hueter

Population Genetics: an Accessory to Tagging Studies
Ed Heist

Projeto Cação: a Study of Sharks Caught by Artisanal Fisheries in Sao Paulo, Southern Brazil
Otto B. F. Gadig, Fábio S. Motta and Rafael C. Namora

Protection of Chondrichthyan fishes, Israel

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R:

Recent Sawfish Records
Sarah Fowler

Recommendations of the CITES Animals Committee Report - Biological and Trade Status of Sharks

Recreational Fishing and Conservation
Carl Safina

Red List Assessments for Sharks and Rays
Sarah Fowler

Registers of Tagging Programmes
Sarah Fowler

Release Mortality Studies in Massachusetts
Gregory Skomal and Bradford Chase

Report Reveals Pressing International Shark Conservation Needs
Sonja Fordham

Reproductive Modes of Elasmobranchs
William C. Hamlett

Reproductive Strategy of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias
Malcom P. Francis

Review of Non-food Fisheries

Risk-prone management of the US Atlantic shark fishery
Merry Camhi

River Shark Discovered in Sabah
Sarah Fowler

The Role of Aquariums in the Conservation of Sharks
Juan Sabalones

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S:

Satellite Tracking Blue Sharks
Andy Kingman

Sawfishes Considered for CITES - advice sought

Sawfishes in the Indigenous Art of Panama
Matthew T. McDavitt

Sawfish Trade in the North of Brazil
Patricia Charvet-Almeida

SBEEL Holds Founding Meeting
George H. Burgess

Sensitive Skates or Resilient Rays? - a North Sea Perspective
Paddy Walker

Shark and Ray Fisheries in Turkey
Hakan Kabasakal

The Shark and Skate Fishery in the Algerian Basin: Biological and Technological Aspects
Farid Hemida

Shark Attack Workshop Held in Recife, Brazil
George H. Burgess

Shark Cage Diving in South Africa - Sustainable Recreational Utilisation?
Marcel Kroese

Shark Cartilage and Cancer

Shark Cartilage Ineffective as Cancer Treatment Midwestern Regional Medical Center Press Release

Shark control measures: the Natal Sharks Board and shark conservation
Sheldon Dudley

Shark Fisheries in Central America
Jorge M. Campos, José Rodrigo M. Rojas and Raúl Campos

Shark Populations are Possibly under Serious Threat in the Bijagos Archipelago (Biosphere Reserve), Guinea Bissau, West Africa
P. Tous, M. Ducrocq, D. Bucal and E. Feron

Shark Specialist Group News, Meetings
Sarah Fowler

Shark Specialist Group to Have Homepage
George H. Burgess

The Shark Trust
Sarah Fowler

Sharks and cancer - the real story
Carl A. Luer

Sharks and CITES - an Update
Merry Camhi

Sharks and CITES - latest news
Sarah Fowler

Sharks and CITES - the outcome
From FAO Press Release

Sharks in Galapagos in peril
Merry Camhi and Sid F. Cook

Sharks in Patagonia

Shoals of Capricorn Programme 1997/2000
Sarah Fowler

Shortage of Sharks at Chagos
Charles Anderson, Charles Sheppard, Mark Spalding, and Ron Crosby

Social and Economic Importance of Elasmobranchs
Debra A. Rose

Some of my best friends are sharks!
Bernard Seret

Spiny Dogfish Landings Crash in British Columbia
Sid F. Cook

Spiny Dogfish Management Proposed in US Atlantic Waters

Spiny dogs - Is History Repeating Itself?
Michael Rivlin

Sri Lankan Shark Fisheries

Status of Shark Conservation and Fisheries in Hawaii
Chris Lowe and Brad Wetherbee

Status of the Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus)
Sarah Fowler

Status of the Giant Freshwater Stingray (whipray)
Leonard J.V. Compagno and Sid F. Cook

Status of the Kitefin Shark
Leonard J.V. Compagno and Sid F. Cook

Status of the largetooth sawfish
Sid F. Cook, Leonard J.V. Compagno and Madeline Oetinger

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T:

Tag and Release Data Circulation in Europe

Tagging at the Natal Sharks Board
Sabine Wintner

Testing the Shark POD
Valerie Taylor

Tracking Sharks by Videocamera - Crittercam: the Video Parasite
Ian K. Fergusson

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U:

United States Bans Shark Finning
Sonja Fordham

Update from the Galapagos

An Update on the CITES Shark Resolution
Merry Camhi and Sonja Fordham

US Management of Large Coastal Sharks
Merry Camhi

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V:

Victorian Waters a Safe Haven for White Sharks
Terence I. Walker

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W:

Wanted: Basking Shark Tissue Samples

Western Australia's Dusky Shark Fishery: an Example of a Sustainable Fishery for a Long-lived, Late Maturing, Slow Growing, Low Reproductive Rate Species?
Colin Simpfendorfer

Whale Shark Fishery in India

Whale Shark Management Programme, Western Australia
Jeremy Colman

Whale Shark Tagging, South Africa and Seychelles
Andrew Gifford

Whale sharks in Western Australia
John Stevens

What Future For Manta Rays?
Giuseppe Notarbartolo-di-Sciara

White Shark Exploitation in South Africa

White Shark Now Protected
Sarah Fowler

White Shark Protection Agreed in South Australia
Tony Flaherty