Shark Versus Seal in Deadly Game

At the Southern tip of Africa a deadly game of cat and mouse is played out over and over again in the salty waters off the fabled Cape of Storms.

Atlantic Sharks Face Extinction Due to Over-Fishing and Shark-Finning

By Paul Eccleston
A new study warns that more than 25 percent of sharks in the north-east Atlantic are at risk of extinction. Another 20 percent have been put in the near-threatened category, according to research for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); and the figures may be an underestimate as there is insufficient [...]

Outrageous Shark Hunter Artwork

BY DAVID LOWE
His controversial artworks have made Damien Hirst a staggering £200million fortune. And this week he raked in an eye-watering £9.5MILLION for The Kingdom, a dead tiger shark in a tank of formaldehyde, at a Sotheby’s auction. But the maverick shark hunter who catches the terrifying beasts for Hirst says a prime specimen would [...]

Shark Hunter Frank Mundus, 1926-2008

Heart attack takes legendary Montauk fisherman, 82
BY ROBERT WARGAS | Special to Newsday
Frank Mundus, the legendary Montauk shark fisherman on whom the crusty Captain Quint character from the movie “Jaws” was said to be based, died in Honolulu after returning there a week ago from a shark fishing trip off Long Island, his wife said [...]

Great White Shark Caught & Released… Again.

The Los Angeles Times blogs about the female adolesecent Great White Shark that recently spent an 11-day stint in the glass slammer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL, CALIFORNIA
By Veronique de Turenne
Remember the great white shark caught off the SoCal coast, moved to an exhibit in the Monterey Bay Aquarium, then released after 11 [...]

Craig Newman, Australian Shark Hunter

With the recent controversy over the use of shark nets on Australian beaches, this article provides some interesting information on the shark net program and some of the characters that work in the field.
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
It’s a trifle chilly but perfect on the Gold Coast and shark catcher Craig Newton greets the day with a [...]