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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The long-ignored ocean emergency and what can be done to address it]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This year has been full of bad news regarding marine ecosystems: one-third of coral species threatened with extinction, dead-zones spread to 415 sites, half of U.S. reefs in fair or bad condition, increase in ocean acidification, tuna and shark populations collapsing, and only four percent of ocean considered pristine.  Jeremy Jackson, director of the Scripps Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of California, San Diego, synthesizes such reports and others into a new paper, published in the journal <i>Proceedings of the Naional Academy of Sciences</i>, that boldly lays out the scope of the oceanic emergency and what urgently needs to be done.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Large shark populations fall 97% in the Mediterranean]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Populations of some shark species in the Mediterranean have plunged by more than 97 percent over the past 200 years, report researchers writing in the journal conservation Biology.  Several species are at risk of extinction.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fatal San Diego Shark Attack a Rare Event]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Friday morning a 66-year-old swimmer was attacked and killed by a shark off Solana Beach in San Diego county.  It was the first fatal shark attack in San Diego since 1994.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0425-shark_attack.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shark-repelling fishing gear in the works]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch, say scientists at NOAA.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0423-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Expedition finds inverted pyramid where sharks dominate marine ecology]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A survey of a remote Pacific archipelago turned up pristine coral reefs that could offer a "baseline" for measuring the human impact on reefs worldwide, report researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California at San Diego.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mysteries of the Great White Shark unveiled]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Great White Shark has always been a creature of mystery.  The world's largest shark has long fascinated humanity from the novel and film Jaws to recent sumptuous footage of the sharks catching sea lions in Planet Earth.  The behemoth, who at times can reach seven meters in length, has also become famous for occasionally attacking swimmers and surfers, though scientists believe the sharks do not intentionally hunt humans.  However, the great predator's behvaior and lifecycle remains mostly mysterious to science.  Some of these mysteries are just now being unraveled thanks to the Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) program.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0217-hance_sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Warming could bring sharks to Antarctica with devastating ecological consequences]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Global warming could make the waters around Antarctica hospitable to sharks for the first time in 40 million years.  Their return could have devastating ecological consequences report researchers from the University of Rhode Island.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0215-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fatal shark attacks hit a 20-year low in 2007]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Human deaths from shark attacks hit a 20-year low in 2007 according to statistics released by the University of Florida.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0213-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Giant manta ray born in captivity for first time]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time, a giant manta ray was born in captivity at an aquarium in Japan, reports the Associated Press. The baby manta ray was born Saturday at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, 374 days after its parents mated.  The birth was recorded on film.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0618-ray.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade in sawfish banned]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Trade restrictions for the endangered sawfish have been approved at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting the The Hague.  All seven species of sawfish has been added to Appendix I of the convention, banning international commercial trade. One species, found in Australia, was added to Appendix II, restricting trade to live animals for conservation purposes.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0611-sawfish.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharks do not win CITES protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two endangered species of sharks failed to win protection at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in The Hague.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0608-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shark fin does not cure cancer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shark cartilage, long believed in traditional medicine to be an anti-cancer agent, confers no health benefits in lung cancer survival reports an extensive study presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The lead author said the findings cast major skepticism on shark cartilage products that are being sold for profit and have no data to support their efficacy as cancer-fighting agent.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0603-shark.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese support shark conservation, but still demand shark fin]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There is growing public support in China for shark conservation measures, but little understanding of the role of shark finning in declining shark populations, reveals a survey by WildAid, an environmental group.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0525-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shark has virgin birth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A captive hammerhead shark gave birth to a pup without mating, reported researchers on Wednesday.  It is the first time that parthenogenesis, as virginal birth as called, has been observed in a shark.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0523-shark.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Overfishing of sharks causing shellfish decline]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Overfishing of large sharks is reducing the abundance of shellfish reports a study published in the March 30 issue of the journal Science. A team of Canadian and American biologists has found that population declines in large predatory shark species -- including bull, great white, dusky, and hammerhead sharks -- due to overfishing has led to a boom in their ray, skate, and small shark prey species along the Atlantic Coast of the United States.  Now these smaller species are depleting commercially important shellfish.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0329-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New shark species discovered in Indonesia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists discovered at least 20 previously unknown species in the first comprehensive survey of Indonesia's sharks and rays in nearly 150 years. Six of their discoveries have now been formally described, while the others will be documented in forthcoming scientific papers.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0228-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharks increasingly endangered as finning, overfishing take toll]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists added several species of pelagic sharks to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species after research found them to be more endangered than previously thought. Three species of thresher sharks were listed as Vulnerable globally, while the shortfin mako was upgraded (or downgraded depending on one's perspective) from Near Threatened in 2000 to Vulnerable and the scalloped hammerhead shark was moved from Near Threatened to Endangered.  The decisions are based on work by the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group (SSG).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0223-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. leads world in shark attacks in 2006]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The United States led the world in shark attacks in 2006, according to figures released from the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File. The U.S. had 38 shark attacks, down from 40 in 2005.  Globally there were 62 known shark attacks in 2006, an increase of 1 from 2005, but well below the 79 attacked recorded in 2000.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0213-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unusual prehistoric shark beast captured in Japan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A rare frilled shark was captured live by fishermen off the coast of Japan.  The toothy eel-like creature was taken to Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka where it later died according to Reuters.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0124-shark2.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Great Barrier Reef shark populations collapsing finds study]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Coral reef shark populations are declining rapidly due to fishing according to research published in the December 5th issue of the journal Current Biology.  The paper says that "no-take zones" -- areas where fishing is prohibited -- can be effective in protecting sharks but only when the no-take regulations are strictly enforced. Examining two common species of sharks on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the researchers found that both populations are in the midst of a rapid population decline -- 7% per year for white tip sharks and 17% per year for gray reef sharks, showing that current shark conservation strategies are not effective.
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<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1204-shark.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Up to 73 million sharks killed per year for their fins]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Between 26 million and 73 million sharks are killed each year for their fins according to a new paper published in the October 2006 edition of Ecology Letters.  The estimates are three times higher than those projected by the United Nations.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1003-sharks.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New species of 'walking' shark discovered]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two recent expeditions led by conservation International (CI) to the heart of Asia'Coral Triangle' discovered dozens of new species of marine life including epaulette sharks, 'flasher' wrasse and reef-building coral, confirming the region as the Earthapos;s richest seascape.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0918-ci.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharks tracked by satellite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Electronic tags broadcasting from the dorsal fins of salmon sharks reveal that these top predators migrate from the glacial waters of Alaska to the warm seas off Hawaii, according to a new study in the journal Science.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1009-stanford.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Great White Shark swims 12,400 miles, shocks scientists]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A female great white shark tagged in waters off South Africa has completed the first known transoceanic trip for an individual shark, traveling farther than any other shark known, more than 12,400 miles (more than 20,000 kilometers) to the coast of Australia and back again, according to the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife conservation Society (WCS) and other organizations in the most recent edition of the journal Science.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1006-wcs.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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