Whale sharks are being increasingly hunted for the Chinese market, where demand is high for large shark fins and meat. Research conducted by Murdoch University and Shandong University at Weihai into the catch and trade of whale sharks in China has found worrying trends for this threatened species. While there is no targeted whale shark fishery and the species has some level of protection under Chinese law, researchers are concerned that this may change due to demand. Whale sharks are part of a thriving ecotourism industry at Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia. Given a lack of knowledge about the migratory patterns of whale sharks, there is concern that hunting of whale sharks elsewhere in the world may damage Australia’s vul...
Since its inception in 1995, the whale shark photo-identification library that was developed for wha...
This study presents genetic evidence that whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are comprised of at least t...
Oceanic sharks are vulnerable to overexploitation due to their life-history strategies, and declines...
Abstract Shark fishing, driven by the fin trade, is the primary cause of global shark population dec...
impact. Basic problems for the whale shark include: · Low numbers. There is evidence of relatively l...
Sharks fisheries have declined globally due to over- and unregulated fishing. As with many collapsed...
Globally, the shark population is under extreme stress, primarily due to the rise of China and a gro...
The conservation status of the widely-distributed whale shark Rhincodon typus is presently listed as...
The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), the world’s largest living fish, is a cosmopolitan tropical and w...
In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry. There is some co...
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) seasonally aggregate at Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef in the aust...
Received November 19 2007, Accepted January 25 2008We document two recent beach strandings of whale ...
Shark populations worldwide are being fished at an unsustainable rate. This fishing pressure is only...
In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry. There is some co...
The expansion of human activities is endangering megafauna in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems...
Since its inception in 1995, the whale shark photo-identification library that was developed for wha...
This study presents genetic evidence that whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are comprised of at least t...
Oceanic sharks are vulnerable to overexploitation due to their life-history strategies, and declines...
Abstract Shark fishing, driven by the fin trade, is the primary cause of global shark population dec...
impact. Basic problems for the whale shark include: · Low numbers. There is evidence of relatively l...
Sharks fisheries have declined globally due to over- and unregulated fishing. As with many collapsed...
Globally, the shark population is under extreme stress, primarily due to the rise of China and a gro...
The conservation status of the widely-distributed whale shark Rhincodon typus is presently listed as...
The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), the world’s largest living fish, is a cosmopolitan tropical and w...
In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry. There is some co...
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) seasonally aggregate at Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef in the aust...
Received November 19 2007, Accepted January 25 2008We document two recent beach strandings of whale ...
Shark populations worldwide are being fished at an unsustainable rate. This fishing pressure is only...
In-water viewing of sharks by tourists has become a popular and lucrative industry. There is some co...
The expansion of human activities is endangering megafauna in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems...
Since its inception in 1995, the whale shark photo-identification library that was developed for wha...
This study presents genetic evidence that whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are comprised of at least t...
Oceanic sharks are vulnerable to overexploitation due to their life-history strategies, and declines...