Sharks

The Venice Shark Tooth Festival was back after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A small shark that hangs together by gender in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida’s West Coast, and at first glance doesn’t appear to do anything noteworthy, is one of the latest creatures to be recommended for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition on Halloween Day urging the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect the smalltail shark, whose population has declined by more than 80% globally over the past 27 years. The great hammerhead shark, which can grow to 20 feet long and whose global population has also decreased by 80%, was petitioned for ESA protection by the diversity center in June.The smalltail is found from the Gulf of Mexico south to Brazil, where it has been eliminated from waters off the coast of at least 11 Brazilian states. Heavy fishing pressure has decimated the smalltail’s population in the Gulf of Mexico.

Florida remains the shark attack capital of the world, even if the capital is getting a little less crowded.

People who fish for sharks in Florida will soon have to get a special permit. State wildlife officials are also banning chumming from shore, which...

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will vote Feb. 20 on a plan to limit the practice and protect...

Those fishing from Florida’s coastlines may soon be barred from the popular practice of using chum to attract sharks near beaches.

New information about whale shark behavior, biology, and ecology is being released today in the scientific journal BioScience. The 22 year long…

Thousands of blacktip sharks ordinarily swim languidly off the South Florida coast. But this year the shark count is down substantially and warmer water...

The public will have a chance to weigh in on the future of shore-based shark fishing at a series of public meetings that kick off next week in Bradenton...

George, a great white shark that was nearly 10 feet long and weighed more than 700 pounds when he was tagged a year ago off Nantucket, has paid a visit...