Atlantic Ocean Sharks

Surfboards with lights could deter shark attacks

Study finds great white sharks less likely to attack surfboards with bright lights: "Like an invisibility cloak"

Seal-shaped boards decked with bright horizontal lights were less likely to be attacked by great white sharks, researchers found.

BBC · 10h

Lights under surfboards could deter shark attacks - study

Fixing LED strip lights to the bottom of surfboards could deter attacks by great white sharks, Australian scientists say. A study conducted in Mossel Bay, South Africa involved towing seal-shaped boards fitted with different configurations of lights behind a boat to see which attracted the most attention.

Boston Herald on MSN · 1h

Could surfboard lights prevent great white shark bites? ‘Like an invisibility cloak’

Let there be light! That’s what shark researchers are saying after finding that LED lights on surfboards could be the key to preventing great white shark bites. The Australian scientists have published the results of a six-year shark study that could lead to a revolution in surfboard design.

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First-of-its-kind deep-sea ‘ghost’ shark with rare genetic disorder caught

First-of-its-kind deep-sea ‘ghost’ shark with rare genetic disorder caught - Rare angular rough shark caught off Albanian ...

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Great Hammerhead Shark

Great hammerhead sharks in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean have significantly decreased in ...

First-of-a-kind 'ghost' shark with rare disorder caught at bottom of the ocean

Scientists have discovered a rare 'ghost' shark with a rare disorder at the bottom of the ocean. The deep-sea creature had a ...

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Offshore wind: Ocean City sends out its sharks

It’s not every day that it’s the Atlantic Ocean beach resort dispatching the sharks, but that’s essentially what’s happening in Ocean City where town leaders have hired a Washington, D.C.-based law ...

Three Sharks, Three Fates: The Genetic Divide Of Great Whites

The world's great white sharks are divided into three genetically distinct lineages, each facing unique conservation ...

Commune with Sea Life in the Tropics and Closer to Home

Encounter whales (and whale sharks, too) in quiet, relaxing destinations like the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the ice caps and Baja California Sur.

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Shark license plates selling big in Ocean State

Sales of the shark plates - a portion of which benefits the Wakefield, RI-based Atlantic Shark Institute - have been strong from the beginning. ALSO NEW ON SATURDAY:Early voting underway in much ...

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Understanding The Dynamics Of Shark Fishing Along Ghana

Ghana, Central, July 27, 2006: Man with machete slicing into a shark on the Atlantic Ocean with ... [+] group of women waiting for the meat Their work has uncovered that the move is not just ...

The Providence Journal28d

More of RI's 'fastest-selling' charity plate, the shark, hits the streets Saturday.

Drivers will spot more sharks on Rhode Island roads after another round of Atlantic Shark Institute fundraising license plates is distributed Saturday. Owners of commercial vehicles who ordered ...

Gloucester Daily Times8d

NOAA seeks comments on Atlantic Highly Migratory Species exempted permits

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking comments on its 2025 Atlantic highly migratory species exempted fishing and related permits ...

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