Category: Fish

“You’re not allowed to kill or land hammerhead sharks within Florida waters, but if you catch one in federal waters nearby you are allowed to land it in a Florida port.” Are you allowed to shoot sharks? The listing of a shark or any other species as endangered under the Endangered Species Act makes it […]

Sharks, according to Hueter, are just as vulnerable to the red tide as any other species. In addition, they will ultimately run out of oxygen if they become stuck beneath the algae. On the other hand, Sharks are a little more mobile than the typical fish, so they can swim away when they spot a […]

Yes, a man could kill a shark even with “bare” hands. It wouldn’t be easy, and it wouldn’t be without risk, but it could be done. Can anything kill a shark? Sharks pose less of a threat to larger members of the dolphin family. Indeed, orcas are the top predator in the ocean and small […]

There have been reports of them in the Hudson. From time to time you see seals in the Hudson as well,” Brian Kotsol added. “Saltwater is not the only turf for a shark…. it’s been reported of sharks swimming up to 100 miles up rivers for a long time. Bull sharks have been reported in […]

Great white shark washes up on Long Island beach in New York, police say. Another day, another shark sighting. This time, a dead great white shark 7 to 8-feet long washed ashore on a beach in Long Island, New York. Does New York City have sharks? And we cleaned up our waters. Shark populations around […]

A study released in 2015 showed Réunion had recorded a remarkable 3.15 shark-related deaths per one million people, by far the highest in the world. What Beach has the most shark attacks in the world? New Smyrna Beach, Florida Florida has more shark attacks each year than any other area in the world, according to […]

Sharks Sand tiger shark swimming with school of fish. Basking shark, Photo by: Matias Alexandro. Blue shark. Thresher shark. Dusky shark. Sand tiger shark. Sandbar shark. Shortfin mako shark. Are there sharks in Hudson Bay? Previous distributional records exist for Greenland Shark in some locations in eastern Hudson Bay, however, one individual was captured at […]

New Smyrna Beach. New Smyrna Beach, Florida A disproportionate number them happen in Volusia County, where New Smyrna Beach is located, according to shark researcher Blake Chapman, PhD, author of Shark Attacks: Myths, Misunderstandings, and Human Fear. What beach in Florida has most shark attacks? 1) Volusia Volusia in Florida has a record high of […]

Range and habitat Sharks are common down to depths of 2,000 metres (7,000 ft), and some live even deeper, but they are almost entirely absent below 3,000 metres (10,000 ft). The deepest confirmed report of a shark is a Portuguese dogfish at 3,700 metres (12,100 ft). At what depth do most sharks live? Sharks inhabit […]

Though extremely rare, the chance of encountering a shark while surfing is enough to keep some people from picking up a surfboard. The likelihood of being attacked by a shark is thought to be 1 in 11.5 million, and only 4 or 5 people in the entire world die each year from shark attacks. Do […]

Even if you’re not missing a limb, many shark bites are several inches deep, and can span massive areas on your body. Because of that, you’re going to start bleeding a lot, and fast. You might not feel it because you’re in shock, but chances are you’ll pretty quickly be feeling woozy. Will a shark […]

Whale sharks, which eat plankton and don’t attack humans, are one of the 29 different kinds of species calling the waters off Dubai home. They include hammerhead, white cheek, tiger and gray reef sharks. Has there ever been a shark attack in Dubai? Ruairí McSorley, as he is lesser-known, was speaking from his hospital bed […]

Were There Sharks When the Titanic Sank? Theoretically, there could have been sharks in the ocean when the Titanic sank, but none of the survivors reported seeing them. Sharks are very sensitive to sounds and vibrations. They sometimes move closer to investigate and other times turn to flee. What sea creatures live in the Titanic? […]

Of the world’s 400 species of shark, 124 species, almost a third, have been identified in Japanese waters. A long narrow country stretching over a considerable range of latitudes, Japan is home to a wide variety of species, mainly coastal sharks of the temperate zone but also oceanic and bottom-living sharks. Do they have shark […]

In scenes sure to send a cold chill through any hardened beach lover, bathers at five popular beaches in Barcelona were ordered out of the water and red flags were raised after a shortfin mako shark and two blue sharks were spotted lurking less than 100 metres in separate incidents. Are sharks common in Spain? […]

Shark Attack Statistics Mexico (the whole country, not just Cancun) scores a lowly 18th registering only 40 attacks over the same 450 year time period. The fact is you are thirty times more likely to be attacked by a shark in the US than you are in Cancun! How common are shark attacks in Mexico? […]

The Bahamas is undoubtedly one of the oceans shark diving hotspots! Join Shark Explorers and get up close and personal with a variety of shark species including Tiger sharks, Great Hammerhead sharks, Oceanic White Tip sharks, Bulls sharks, Lemon sharks, Caribbean Reef sharks and Nurse sharks. Are sharks common in Bahamas? Divers and marine enthusiasts […]

Shark attacks are rare in Egypt, but previous attacks that happened in the past decade caused panic and made tourists desert some of the beaches where these attacks happened for days. In December 2010, four tourists were injured after they were attacked by a shark in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Are there […]

Sharks are disappearing from Caribbean reefs. On some reef systems, they have been so drastically reduced that they are considered functionally extinct – in other words, their ecological role is no longer measurable. We know that the Caribbean was historically sharkier than it is today. Are sharks common in the Caribbean? Some of the most […]

Yes, there are sharks in Jamaica, although you might not see them often. The most commonly seen are nurse and Caribbean reef sharks, and these are not regarded as aggressive or dangerous. Has there been any shark attacks in Jamaica? Has there ever been a shark attack in Jamaica? The cases of shark attacks in […]