Ocean News

With travel support from the Shark Conservation Fund, my graduate student Annmarie Fearing and I were able to go to the U.K. to collect tissue samples from sawfish saws with our SawSearch partner, Kelcee Smith (Louisiana State University…

How many times have you observed a predator perform a natural feeding event? The answer is probably not very many. This is because observing natural predation events in nature is rare due to the limited time we spend…

“A teardrop-shape in the Ocean” – this is what we were looking for back in April while surveying the reef from the roof top of our Dhoni, with nothing more than a pair of polarized sunglasses, a focused…

The coastal waters of Tanzania provide distinctive habitats for sharks, rays and other marine fishes which contribute to the communities’ livelihood. However, the populations of sharks and rays are declining due to unsustainable fishing activities. In Tanzania especially…

During the week of the 14-20th of October, the members of Associació LAMNA participated on the 23rd Scientific Meeting of the European Elasmobranch Association, held in Rende (Italy), at the University of Calabria. As a break from looking…

Readers of the Save our Seas magazine have come to expect a visual feast that dives deep into our oceans and explores the contemporary conservation issues facing sharks and rays. Now, the design and creativity of the magazine have been recognized at the 10th International Creative Media Award (ICMA). The…

Conservationists, policymakers and scientists have come together to launch a plan of action for three species of Critically Endangered Angelsharks in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Angelsharks: Regional Action Plan formalises what should be done to protect the Sawback Angelshark, Smoothback Angelshark, and Angelshark. This development was lead by The Shark…

Research shows that bleached corals may recover at D’Arros Island and St. Joseph Atoll, Seychelles. “Seeing the changes to the reef was devastating”, begins Clare Daly, former programme director of the Save our Seas Foundation D’Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC) in Seychelles. “The sort of stuff that makes you wonder: ‘is…

The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) is the primary geographic area for the present project, but as often happens with such projects they can take on a life of their own and grow beyond their original scope. Such is…

Last summer we started doing 52-hour active acoustic tracks with some of our sharks. This was a collaborative effort between Ashley Dawdy, an FSU Biology Honors student who examined the effects of tidal and diel cycles on bonnethead…

The hard work of Dr Ramón Bonfil and his team at Océanos Vivientes has paid off in the form of new protective measures for eight species of rays in Mexico’s waters. According to new Mexican legislation, the protection of species at risk of extinction has been amended – a move…

The identification of two main sawfish hotspots in Costa Rica has made it a key site for the Global Sawfish Search project to undertake surveys using environmental DNA (eDNA). One of the most important hotspots in Costa Rica…