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SSG Regions - Sub-Equatorial Africa: News
Street Play On Whale Shark Starts A Ripple
November 29, 2007
1,000th Rare Whale Shark Identified In Mozambique
November 29, 2007
'No Evidence' Of Poachers Hunting Sharks
October 22, 2007
Mozambique: Illegal Shark Fishing In Inhambane
October 10, 2007
West Africa's Sharks Risk Extinction
October 10, 2007
8 Million Sharks Killed Accidentally Off Africa Yearly
April 18, 2007
Baby Giant's Sad Death Far From Home
February 12, 2007
Big Drop In White Shark Sightings
December 11, 2006
Namibia: Seafo Bans Shark Finning
October 9, 2006
Cape Aquarium Shark Swims Free
March 16, 2006
Seychelles Moves To Stop Shark-Finning
February 22, 2006
Call For Sharks To Be Protected
February 9, 2006
Cage-Diving Craze Raises Fears Of Increase In Shark Attacks
November 29, 2005
Shark Nicole Clocks More Than 12,000 Miles Crisscrossing Indian Ocean
October 7, 2005
City Man Charged For Baiting Sharks With Dummy Seal
August 15, 2005
Marine Scientists Scratch Heads Over Sardines
August 30, 2004
Seychelles To Improve Shark Fish Monitoring
August 13, 2004
Win For Shark Conservation
August 1, 2004
Republic Of Congo Groups Denounce Asians' Fishing Practices
July 29, 2004
Satellites Track Maxine's Return
June 15, 2004
Officials Pull The Plug On Shark Tour Operator
May 18, 2004
SA Shark Attacks Blamed On Tourism
May 15, 2004
Council Saves Sharks From Knife
April 29, 2004
A Taste For Soup Threatens Sharks
April 22, 2004
Big, Fast And Beautiful, The Bronzy Is An Ocean Celeb
April 8, 2004
Confiscated Shark Fins Sent For Testing
April 2, 2004
S. African Environmental Officials Seize Three Tonnes Of Shark Fins
March 30, 2004
Cape Town's 'Biggest-Ever Shark Fin Bust'
March 30, 2004
Fishermen Who "Walk On Water" Burn Their Nets
March 25, 2004
Illegal Fishing 'A Real Threat'
March 19, 2004
SA Inspectors Nab Chinese Vessel Using Banned Nets
March 19, 2004
Shark's Remarkable Journey
March 19, 2004
Pirate Fishing Boats Seized
March 18, 2004
Shark 'Ambassador' Goes Back To The Wild
March 18, 2004
Sharks Pay For Lost Swordfish Market With Their Fins
March 2, 2004
New Giant Squid Predator Found
January 8, 2004
Shark-Feeder Offers To Train City Lifesavers
January 7, 2004
'Shark Baiter' Shut Down
January 7, 2004
Taming Jaws: Scientists Lift Great White Sharks From Ocean To Fit With Satellite Tags
November 28, 2003
Satellites Spy on Lives of Great White Sharks
September 22, 2003
Experts To Warn An Ocean Predator Itself Is Under Threat
September 4, 2003
Nations Agree to Conserve Scores of Species from the Great White to a Blind Dolphin
September 27, 2002
Megamouth Shark Washes onto South African Beach
April 23, 2002

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