The Georgia aquarium has a rather nice announcement, they now have a great selection of shark pups to add to their livestock ranks. Spotted wobbegongs are among the most sluggish of all sharks, laying on the sea floor waiting for prey to come to them. The pups were born last week in the Ocean Voyager [...]
With all of the game-changing construction and development projects going on in Dubai, UAE, it was only a matter of time before the Las Vegas of the Middle East laid claim to another “World’s Largest” title related to aquariums. Set in the heart of the Burj-Dubai Mall (also the world’s largest), the Dubai Aquarium features [...]
When writing this article I really had no clue that Great White Sharks can be less than 45 feet. You see, the Monterey bay Aquarium just acquired a 4 foot Great White Shark. Which if you’ve seen Jaws, that’s just a baby! She is just 55 pounds and comes in just over 4 feet. The [...]
The Australian Marine Conservation Society is astonished by this proposal, in which Queensland’s fisheries department (DPI&F) plans to legitimise one of the most unsustainable forms of fishing on the planet – shark fin fishing. With over 90% of the world’s sharks and other big fish gone from our oceans, this project is unsustainable, unethical and [...]
