Tourism with bite: swimming with the great white shark

Edit The Guardian 19 Jan 2016
Diving off Guadalupe Island was a biologist’s paradise for shark specialist Lauren Smith. The best bit? Seeing the drama of a great white shark defecating ... The shampoo bottle skittered away from my grasp and looped around the shower tray for the umpteenth time. I had never taken sea sickness medication, but I was beginning to think perhaps now might be a good time to start ... Twitter ... Related ... the chondrichthyes, all 1,041 of them ... ....

Shark fin ban masks growing appetite for its meat

Edit The Guardian 12 Sep 2015
Shark fishing remains profitable as narrow focus on Chinese finning trade obscures wider global trend. The internet erupted with praise last month when United Parcel Service tweeted that it would stop shipping shark fins ... Related ... Take the United States ... Furthermore, such initiatives don’t extend to sharks’ cousins, which make up 75% of the US catch of sharks and their relatives in the cartilage-skeletoned class Chondrichthyes ... Twitter ... ....

5 myths about sharks

Edit Newsday 19 Jul 2015
Reprints + -. A shark washed ashore at the New York Ave. beach in Long Beach on July 10, 2013. Read Story. http.//www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/cops-10-foot-shark-washes-up-in-long-beach-1.5663097 Photo Credit. Elvir Srdanovic. advertisement . advertise on newsday ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... More recently, a comprehensive 2004 study found 42 carcinomas in Chondrichthyes species, the class of cartilaginous fish that encompasses sharks, skates and rays ... 4 ... 5 ... ....
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