New research reveals that despite decades of overfishing, shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic still have relatively high ...

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The great hammerhead is threatened by the shark fin trade and bycatch (unwanted fish captured as a byproduct of commercial ...

Hammerhead sharks can hold their breath to survive almost ... That may be why these sharks are more likely to die when they are caught in fishing lines or nets near the surface.

Typically, sharks are finned alive—brought aboard fishing vessels to have their fins sliced off ... as well as several species of hammerhead sharks and 37 species of guitarfish. At CoP18 in August ...

Shortfin makos are the fastest sharks in the sea, but they're failing to outpace the scale of overfishing that is driving ...

LA PAZ, Mexico— The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit seeking protection for three species of hammerhead shark under Mexico’s Standard NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, the ...

It has been 12 years since Randall Arauz, began his fight to protect marine species in Costa Rica, mainly hammerhead sharks.Randall Arauz, ...

Almost 20 years ago schools of hundreds of hammerhead sharks were seen at the seamount of El Bajo. Since then, the population has seen a decline. Worldwide many tens of millions, possibly over 100 ...

The great hammerhead shark is categorized as “critically endangered” by ... its large fins — prized in Asian seafood markets — as well as bycatch deaths in fishing gear and habitat degradation. Known ...