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The Greenland shark inhabits the North Atlantic Ocean regions surrounding Greenland and Iceland. At a length of 11 to 16 feet and weight topping 2,000 pounds, locals want to use its meat to generate biofuel. Environmentalists cry foul. What are the options? Image © Marc Dando.
MALDIVES// The cabinet in its meeting today has decided to ban trade and export of sharks and shark products. The ban will come into effect on 1 July 2010. Image © Sharkwater.
US// The United Kingdom has just finished one stage of a longer process that could create what would be the world's largest marine protected area - in the middle of the Indian ocean. Image © Wikimedia Commons.
US// Sharks, many of which migrate across international boundaries, are among the world's oldest species of animals. Their biological and ecological characteristics make them particularly vulnerable to overexploitation. Image © Charles Hood.
PARIS// The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week. Image © Albert Kok.
KOREA// The Shark Alliance is applauding a historic ban on fishing for thresher sharks adopted last week by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at their annual meeting in Korea. Image © Scubazoo.
HAWAII// A state senator wants to ban shark fins in Hawaii, not just for conservation reasons, but because the animal is considered a native Hawaiian deity. Image © Chee Hong.
AUSTRALIA// The animated film Shark Tale from a few years ago featured a car wash for dirty marine dwellers. Now a new study in the journal Marine & Freshwater Research documents something very similar: fish cleaning stations for sharks and manta rays. Image © Steve Jones.
US// In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids. Image © David Stephens.
KOREA// “We congratulate the EU for championing groundbreaking protections for thresher sharks on the high seas,” said Ali Hood, Director of Conservation for the Shark Trust, a member of the Shark Alliance. Image © John Van Lent.
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