Great White Washes Ashore Morris Island

A great white shark washed ashore on a Lowcountry beach. The 13-foot-long shark was found at Morris Island last month by fishermen.

New Zealand Tags Great White Sharks

A Department of Conservation programme’s been set up in New Zealand waters hoping to change that. Shark expert Clinton Duffy attached a tag to a great white shark six months ago to track Great White Sharks movements. When retrieved, the depth, light and temperature sensors on the tag will tell Duffy exactly where the shark’s been.

Great Whites on Display

…five great whites have died in the hands of the Monterey Bay Aquarium since 2004, when the facility began acquiring juveniles entangled in the nets of certain boats and, consequently, critics have suggested that the aquarium is doing less for wild great whites than it is for its own box office sales.

Great White Shark Spotted in Santa Monica

“Saw a 10′ to 12′ great white shark yesterday (12/10/2008) at 4pm while fishing the shipwreck in santa monica. It followed my sardine all the way to the boat then paused looked at us turned arond and went back down. It was huge! Never seen anything like that before.”

Great White Shark Destroys Shark Cage

CC, or Cut Caudal, one of our regular sharks, accidentally ran into one of the main cages on the Searcher. CC came up nearly vertical about 20 feet away from the cage and grabbed one of the hang baits, which he is known to do on a regular basis. However, on this particular day he swam right into the portside cage’s viewing window.

Intense Shark Research Committee Report

Here at The Fear Beneath we’re all grateful to Clayton Fischer for sending in this incredible story – a huge great white shark, cruising our neighborhood waters; and to Ralph Collier, at The Shark Research Committee, for his continued hard work and dedication.
Anacapa Island, Channel Islands, California
On November 17, 2008, Clayton Fischer was SCUBA diving [...]

Tracked from above, Great White Sharks moving in less mysterious ways

By Lorna Edwards, The Age, Australia
Abalone diver John Rudge does not muck around when he enters the domain of the great white shark.
When diving near seal colonies, he spends as little time as possible on the surface forming a silhouette to any great whites that might be hunting below.
“They are the top of the food [...]

Large Numbers of Great White Sharks Found Plotting a Conspiracy

By Malcolm Holland
Port Stephens, Australia
At least 27 great white sharks have been discovered swimming yards off the sandy tourist beaches of Australia’s Mid-North Coast, a video crew said Friday.
The crew said it spotted the 10-feet-long juvenile sharks in the Port Stephens natural harbor as it was in a boat videotaping for a fishing DVD.
The sharks, [...]

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 [...]

Sixteen Foot Great White Shark Spotted At Streaky Bay

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Huge sharks chasing fish and cruising off holiday beaches pose a threat to swimmers as warm weather draws sunlovers to the coast.
Police in South Australia renewed warnings to swimmers at the West Coast holiday spot of Streaky Bay, where a monster great white has been seen cruising close to shore, The Advertiser reports.
The five-meter [...]

Great White Sharks Seek Mates At Open Ocean Rest Stop

The Telegraph (telegraph.co.uk) has posted an otherwise interesting article with the ludicrous title “Great white sharks look for girlfriends in underwater singles bar, scientists believe,” which insults not only these magnificent beasts but the scientists who dedicate their very existence to the preservation and conservation of ocean life everywhere.
By Paul Eccleston
Great white sharks travel [...]

Surfing With A Great White Shark

Surfing With A Great White Shark
Another dedicated reader sent in this incredible footage of a surfer and a great white shark playing in the surf. Its authenticity is disputable, and here at The Fear Beneath we tend to believe that this shark would be ripping those surfers into several pieces. We’ll let you draw your [...]

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