Jessica Alba ran around plastering shark posters all over Oklahoma City last week hoping to spread awareness about dwindling shark populations. Turns out she might have pissed a few people off in the process when she covered up a United Way billboard!
Baywatch star David Hasselhoff visited Durban’s South Coast this week where he spent some time shooting a film to promote a healthier image of sharks and raise awareness of “shark-finning”. Hasselhoff, who is an experienced diver, is also working with The Underwater Channel, a new Web TV channel for divers and anyone else interested in the ocean. Go Hoff!
Thanks to the kind hearts of some Palm Beach, AU residents, this deadly bull shark is still lurking in Gold Coast canal and lake waters with hundreds of his friends.
The 5 ft man-muncher was caught from the back jetty of Jackson Shaw’s home last Wednesday. Shaw wanted to kill the shark, but caved when neighbors, his mom and even his girlfriend begged him to set it free.
And this is the second time Shaw’s landed a bull shark from the canal. Last May, he landed a 5.5 ft bull shark with his trusty hand reel before his mum made him throw it back.
Madmen star, January Jones is getting ready to go swimming with sharks. The actress, who works with the charity Oceana, which protects and restore the world’s oceans, is heading to the Bahamas, where she will participate in a Feb. 1 shark dive in Bimini to help save the sharks.
“I’m going to swim with sharks and do cage diving with Great Whites,” says Jones, 31. “We have a huge problem that can ruin the whole ecosystem. We need to save the sharks.”
“Planet in Peril: Battle Lines” airs tonight at 9 p.m. ET on CNN. Hosted by Anderson Cooper and National Geographic’s Lisa Ling, the series takes a look at the environmental conflicts between growing populations and natural resources, including a lot of sharky stuff.
According to BeachConnection.net, a four-foot salmon shark is the fourth one to show up on the north coast in the last six weeks.
The shark was found on Cannon Beach and was covered in some strange parasites. It was transported to the Seaside Aquarium at around 10am Wednesday but despite efforts to keep it alive, the shark was dead by 11:30.
The number of salmon sharks showing up on the Oregon coast may be increasing. In 2007 more than 20 sharks washed up on the north and central coast.
Supposedly, salmon sharks aren’t aggressive towards humans, but those teeth tell me otherwise.
Seven sharks bred in captivity have been released into the waters off Sydney’s famous Manly beach in what marine biologists are calling an Australian first.
The two-year-old wobbegong sharks were slowly eased into the ocean by scientists who will track their movements over the next five years.
It’s the first time in Australia that captive-bred sharks have ever been released back into their natural habitat.
Wobbegong sharks can grow up to 10 ft long. But don’t worry, they “rarely” attack humans.
Ted Danson is saying traditional British fish and chips is to blame for the near extinction of an endangered species of shark.
According to Telegraph.co.uk, Danson said the “fish” enjoyed by millions of Brits in their fish and chips could be “spiny dogfish”, a rare species of shark that is on the World Conservation Union Criticially Endangered List.
The Cheers actor, who founded Oceana, the largest international group focused soley on ocean conservation, said the dogfish was once the most abundant shark species in the world but has been brought to the edge of extinction by over fishing.
The UK is the fourth biggest shark fishing nation in Europe, hauling in almost 8,000 metric tonnes of sharks and rays, the bulk of which comes from the Northeast Atlantic.
Danson, said much of this catch, including the endangered shark species, is marketed as “rock salmon” and is ending up in the fish and chips.
