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Created by dipity on Feb 6, 2009
Last updated: 11/04/10 at 01:01 AM
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...how to sustainably manage fisheries. This fall shark advocates will press delegates to implement a strong management plan for sharks that would prohibit catching threatened or near-threatened shark species and end the practice of shark finning. Recruiting...
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The New York Times
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b9665bd4940e4a56268d60097b9e341b
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...plans, but only about 40 of some 130 nations followed through. International trade restrictions are in place for only three shark species: basking, whale and white sharks. "Do we have the right to drive any animal to the brink of extinction before any action...
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CTV
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20100913/Shark-Attack-Survivors-100913/
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...lessen any chance of a shark encounter, it might be a good idea to avoid swimming during low light periods, such as dawn and dusk. If you use good common sense when you’re at the beach, you should have no worries at all about a shark attack.”...
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U.S. News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2010/8/31/shark-attacks-worry-more-about-lightning-or-bees.html?s_cid=rss:shark-attacks-worry-more-about-lightning-or-bees
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...“bull shark” could be cut to initials, and like “jumping the shark,” the words “fishing for bull shark” could be a metaphor — for chasing BS. A bull shark here in the rapids is unbelievable. A giant alligator, however, so totally would be plausible....
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/08/22/1238791/jumping-the-riverwalk-bull-shark.html
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...— Platypuslove3. Yet such attitudes cause Burgess, a serious shark researcher, to be, well, let's just say he's not among Shark Week's avid fans — though as an expert in ichthyology he concedes he's likely to pop up a time or two during the week's programming. ...
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Gainesville Sun
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100731/articles/100739927
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...150 different sharks that you can actually touch, and plenty of others you probably would never want to. Downtown Aquarium shark dives in Denver: Scuba dive into their sunken shipwreck for encounters with sharks of all kinds. But before you go, make sure you’re...
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Orbitz
http://www.orbitz.com/blog/2010/07/discovery-channel-shark-week-top-attractions-for-shark-encounters/
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...takes viewers on a dive through some of the most jaw-dropping moments from past "Shark Week" specials. With the help of shark experts, learn amazing shark feats, shark facts and shark science while we bust some myths and highlight some of the dirtiest jobs...
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Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2010/07/shark-week-is-back-on-discovery-channel-.html
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...for shark fin soup rising among urban China's elite, Planet 100 offers up a timely guide on everything you need to know about Shark Finning. What is it? What is shark finning? It's the barbaric practice of cutting off a shark's fin then tossing the still-live...
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Treehugger
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/today-planet-shark-finning.php
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... The skeleton of a dolphin, preserved for 4 million years, shows bite marks across its ribs from the shark attack that killed it. Credit: Giovanni BianucciHere’s how the researchers think the prehistoric shark attack occurred: The shark approaches the...
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LiveScience.com
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Livesciencecom/~3/eeakxDOJxfg/prehistoric-shark-attack-reconstructed-100317.html
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...not really a common occurrence with sharks in captivity." After about 40 minutes, the anesthesia began to wear off and the shark's tail began to wag. It was time to stop and place the fish back into a larger tank, where the aquarium's supervisor of husbandry,...
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Tampa Bay Online
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tbo/news/~3/YVjcMekJV4Q/
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...a class about sharks. This is a very secure method for going shark diving in Florida. The Florida Aquarium also offers a shark dive in the tank for up to an hour with additional costs. The other option for shark diving in Florida is Shark Diver. This experience...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2276501/florida_shark_diving_spots.html
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...shooting the 750 pound shark video. Novice fishermen shouldn't attempt to reel in a 750 pound shark. After all - the shark could have killed every single one of the men. The men were already messing with the shark's next meal. According to the National Ledger,...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2262455/750_pound_shark_a_camera_catches_750.html
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...Stockton and South Wollongong. Meanwhile the Navy said it is introducing several new measures including use of electronic shark repellents, upgraded medical facilities and a new tool to detect the presence of sharks. It is in direct response to the shark attack...
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Sydney Morning Herald
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/hightech-gadgets-to-stop-shark-attacks-20090822-euh2.html
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...A brown nurse shark -- found dead on an Overtown street Tuesday night -- has been returned to its natural habitat. "The shark was disposed of back into the water," said Officer Jorge Pino, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission....
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1192995.html
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...pool by the time his mother began searching. Cox Communications, Discovery Channel and the Virginia Aquarium are bringing SHARK WEEK to Hampton Roads from August 2 through 7, by inviting Aquarium guests to see a variety of shark species up close and learn...
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Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/1592472.html
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...be though, is quite the story for this group to tell people for years to come. It's the day they all came face to face with a shark that would have torn them apart if they hadn't scrambled to get out of the way. The 5 1/2 foot shark was estimated to be around...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2045311/shark_leaps_into_boat_in_florida_scares.html
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...careful when entering the water, see the linked articles: "How to avoid a shark attack" and " the Most dangerous places for shark attacks". For more on sharks most likely to attack you, see the linked article "the Most dangerous sharks in the world". But...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2033145/how_to_survive_a_shark_attack.html
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...great lengths that Mitchell and his design staff went to in order to get the car’s color to exactly match the coloring of the shark that Mitchell had caught. Apparently, it took several attempts…and let’s just say, in the process, Mitchell’s staff may (or...
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How Stuff Works
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DailyStuff/~3/LB6Czke7Ibs/go
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...do not have accurate data on their population, mating practices, traveling patterns of what drives their feeding behavior. "Shark After Dark," airing at 9 p.m. Thursday. While much is known about shark behavior during the day, little is known about what happens...
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090806/ENT/308060001/1031&source=rss
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...sharks feed during those hours. © MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Krishna Thompson, survived a shark attack during "the summer of the shark," he describes his ordeal to Maggie Rodriguez. Discovery channel's Andy DeHart comments on...
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CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/04/earlyshow/series/main5211633.shtml
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...do not have accurate data on their population, mating practices, traveling patterns of what drives their feeding behavior. "Shark After Dark," airing at 9 p.m. Thursday. While much is known about shark behavior during the day, little is known about what happens...
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090805/ENT/308050001/1031/ENT&source=rss
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...channels have featured stories of shark attack survivors, shark petting expeditions, and stories about Discovery Channel's Shark Week. Shark Week has become a tradition for mid-summer television viewing. After 22 years, Discovery Channel's Shark Week seems...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2014178/shark_week_begins_with_blood_in_the.html
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...the ocean, instilling in us a vulnerability that takes hold the moment we stick a toe in salt water, then Discovery's annual Shark Week is doing little to dispel those fears. On Sunday, the Discovery Channel launches its 14th annual Summer Shark Week with...
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Canada.com
http://feeds.canada.com/~r/canwest/F69/~3/kKHYhRTa5QU/story.html
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...shown that sharks are not mindless killers and that they don't intentionally eat human prey." For information on "Shark Week," go to dsc.discovery.com/sharks/programs/2009-program-schedule.html. Reporter Walt Belcher can be reached at (813) 259-7654....
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Tampa Bay Online
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/aug/02/tr-shark-week-returns-but-fewer-sharks-do/entertainment/
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...shown that sharks are not mindless killers and that they don't intentionally eat human prey." For information on "Shark Week," go to dsc.discovery.com/sharks/programs/2009-program-schedule.html. Reporter Walt Belcher can be reached at (813) 259-7654....
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Tampa Bay Online
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jul/31/shark-week-returns-fewer-sharks-do/entertainment/
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...west of the train along the Miami River. Two disheveled men -- one on a bike and the other on foot -- are seen dragging the shark down Northwest North River Drive. They had attached a rope to the shark's tail and were seen lugging it with a piece of wood...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1153606.html
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All over North America are shark infested beaches, though many of us would never notice our fellow swimmer, and that is because most of the time, sharks will not attack us. George Burgess, who is an ichthyologist that maintains the International
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1923032/top_beaches_in_the_world_for_shark.html
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...other apex predators," said Debbie Salamone, a manager at Pew who was bitten by a shark off Florida in 2004. The demand for shark fins used in the Asian delicacy shark fin soup is driving the overfishing of sharks, the group said. Crews will slice the shark...
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090716_kauai_shark_victim_condemns_finning.html
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...from the pink Shark Steam Mops go to Breast Cancer Research. All that, and it was on sale. I couldn't wait to get my new Shark Steam Mop home and put it through its paces. The Euro Pro Shark Steam Mop took all of three minutes to put together, and a good portion...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1920128/product_review_europro_shark_steam.html
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...inflated shark population might consume more prey, depleting other marine life, Burgess said. Or a tour site may lure so many sharks that apex predators may decline in other areas. Among many native Hawaiians, the issue is primarily about honoring their culture....
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Southeast Missourian
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1552430.html
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...and boats have to be inside the mouth of the Manasquan Inlet by 7 p.m. in order to qualify for the scales. A qualifying mako shark for the tournament must be 66 inches from the snout to the fork of the tail. Last year's Mako Mania winner was Captain Frank...
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090619/SPORTS06/906190316/1017/rss07
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...is amazing.” He added: “It goes to show how little we know of what is out there.” Mr Aston said that locals can sample how the shark meat tastes at the local Sealyons shop in Carrigaholt where he said, they were giving out portions of the fish. Sixgill sharks...
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Irish Times
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/851/f/10845/s/4cdb03e/l/0L0Sirishtimes0N0Cnewspaper0Cireland0C20A0A90C0A6190C1224249120A3690Bhtml/story01.htm
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...reaches a maximum length of four meters. Amazingly it has never been weighed. (Perhaps that means there have not been enough sharks weighed to reach a good average) This particular shark eats small sharks, octopus and squid. Further, as I said previously,...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1835285/prickly_shark_caught_for_only_the_second.html
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...including one on June 22 at the Brevard Agricultural Center in Cocoa. New rules in state waters also could include stricter shark bag limits, gear restrictions and changes to the prohibited shark species list and shark landing requirements. Florida waters...
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Florida Today
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090610/NEWS01/906100312/1006/rss01
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...County's Mt. Tamalpais, Stinson Beach is a spot where great white sharks swim into the shallows. Patric Douglas, owner of Shark Diver, an ocean guiding outfit in San Francisco, said he has sighted them at Stinson - which is a neighboring stretch of sand east...
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WLTX | Columbia, SC
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=74672
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A bull shark, such as the one pictured, was responsible for nearly killing Luis Hernandez in early May.
Saving someone from a 7-foot-long shark is not something a 5-foot woman finds herself doing often when vacationing in the Bahamas, but that is
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1776442/husband_saved_during_shark_attack_by.html
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...the doctor doesn't say anything, but rather starts to laugh so hard that he falls to the ground! "Are you crazy, you are a shark! You eat bonitos and small tunas, why is thee so grief-stricken over this episode?" the doctor asks. The shark is so embarrassed...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1768000/the_bonito_and_the_shark.html
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...80s pop icon Deborah Gibson is finding success in unexpected places, notably in the direct-to-DVD thriller Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. From its over-the-top campy trailer, to its cast of has-beens including Lorenzo Lamas, this may be one of those movies...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1753076/deborah_gibson_finds_success_with_mega.html
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...speared a grouper, the shark had decided enough was enough and rushed Fernandez as he tried to swim back to his boat. The shark clamped down on Fernandez's forearm and took a huge chunk out of his arm before letting go. The shark took a second shot at his...
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NBC New York
http://feeds.nbcnewyork.com/click.phdo?i=e9e7c62c6a1a36b7ad98440a940b1f30
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...rented fishing boat, his wife, Marlene Hernandez, 46, lifted the anchor and pulled her husband out of the waters once the shark let go. She then crafted a tourniquet and got the boat back to land, the family said. "This is a woman who can barely stand the...
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sun-sentinel/news/local/broward/~3/z4-M9EhZOEk/sfl-shark-attack-bahamas-bn051509,0,4783184.story
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...compared with the confrontational one held in Hawaii Kai on April 16, with many opposed to a Hawaii Kai man's plan to start a shark cage-diving tour in Maunalua Bay. The man has abandoned the plan. Such shark tours pose no significant threat to near-shore...
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090515_Cage-diving_tours_found_not_to_increase_shark_risk.html
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...performed surgery on Leon Guerrero's arm Tuesday night to stop the bleeding and cut away the destroyed flesh. He said the shark "shaved away the skin, muscle and fat," but missed Leon Guerrero's major arteries and nerves. His motor skills will be fine, but...
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Guam Pacific Daily News
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20090514/NEWS01/905140302/1002/rss
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...of the shark conservation organization Iemanya Oceanica, sharks are not looking to interfere with humans in the water. Our shark-attack fears are irrational, she said. "You are more likely to be hit by lightning." Indeed, there's no arguing the numbers. Of...
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Forbes Traveler
http://www.forbestraveler.com/islands-beaches/americas-shark-beaches-2009-story.html?partner=rss
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...... a West Australian fisherman's boat ran away from him after he fell out of it fighting off a giant shark. Shark tries to eat outboard motor Shark considers eating man The shark circled the man four or five times before he was able to flee. He began...
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NEWS.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25456302-1245,00.html?from=public_rss
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...boat from behind at 7am. In a terrifying chain of events described by sea rescue volunteers, the man tried to deter the shark from chewing on his outboard motor by hitting it on the nose with an oar. But the man-eating monster grabbed the oar and as the...
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NEWS.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25456302-421,00.html?from=public_rss
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...tropical waters. "While commonly sighted in surface waters during summer and autumn months, the disappearance of basking sharks during winter has been a great source of debate ever since an article in 1954 suggested that they hibernate on the ocean floor during...
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Mongabay.com
http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0507-hance_baskingshark.html
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...said it doesn't appear to be megalodon, but rather the tooth from a Great White shark. "It's seems to be a modern Great White shark, but that doesn't rule it out being fossilized," Bohaska said. "It doesn't appear to be from an extinct shark." Bohaska said...
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SeacoastOnline.com
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090428-NEWS-904280354
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...shark-fin soup. A meeting in Brussels on Thursday drew up an action plan on "finning", which results in the deaths of the sharks. Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead said the plans for Scottish waters went further, only giving permission in exceptional...
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BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/8018284.stm
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...living baleen whales are extremely rare, and when they do attack they often target the belly or sides of the whale. More often sharks are seen feeding on the decomposing carcasses of whales which often float on the surface of the ocean for extended periods...
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ScienceBlogs
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsChannelLifeScience/~3/lejgBcTyn70/a_fossilized_shark_bite_nom_no.php
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...the shark has poisonous spikes, it is lucky the police officer was not harmed. Neal says the phone call telling him about the shark was by far the strangest call he has received in his career as a journalist. "Police say they've seen a lot of weird things......
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ABC Online
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/24/2551634.htm
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