While the world's attention is on the threat to the rhino, a new study has found that the great white shark might be in even greater danger of becoming extinct than previously thought.
A team of Stellenbosch University researchers has developed an eco-friendly and probably highly effective shark barrier, known as 'Sharksafe.' This is an alternative for shark nets which result in the death of thousands of sharks and other sea animals every year.
Applications are invited for the Scientist position that has become available in the Research Division of the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board (KZNSB) in Durban.
A South African court has convicted a man for killing a great white shark in the country's first-ever ruling on such a case, according to the ministry of agriculture and fisheries.
Shark finning - cutting a shark’s fin off and releasing the live shark back into the water - is outlawed in SA, but commercial shark fishing with the aim of selling the fins is allowed, according to the Department of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries.
A shark research permit for a mega-chumming has been cancelled with immediate effect after a 20 year old bodyboarder, David Lilienfeld, was ripped to pieces by a shark, believed to be a Great White, yesterday at Kogel Baai, near Gordon's Bay.
On Monday 26 March 2012, Conn Bertish took a dip in the Two Oceans Aquarium’s I&J; Predator Exhibit. People take the plunge here all the time, but this time it was different; Conn wasn’t wearing flippers, goggles, weights or scuba equipment.
2009 is the International Year of the Shark. The Minister of Environmental Affairs is advocating Eco Tourism marketing to be expanded to THE BIG 7, including the Shark and Whale.
