Ocean-dwelling sharks often like to hang out in areas that also get frequented by industrial fishing ships, which puts them at grave risk of being caught either for food or as bycatch. That's ...

Fisheries officials in Massachusetts don’t want anglers targeting great white sharks, especially not from public beaches, and they just approved new regulations to crack down on the practice ahead of ...

THE TIGER SHARK was four times heavier than the muscular stonemason who was bracing his 190-pound, six-foot body against the shark’s first run. His 16/0 big-game reel gave line grudgingly and his ...

Despite the fear they may inspire in humans, sharks have far more reason to fear us. Nearly one-third of sharks are ...

Georgetown County has proposed an ordinance that would prohibit bait and surf fishing on public beaches during certain times of the year. It would also ban fishing for sharks. A proposed Georgetown ...

If you go fishing off the Florida coast anytime soon, there’s an almost fifty-fifty chance you’ll lose a fish to the “taxman” — the nickname for a shark that steals a fish off your line. Go down to ...

The only permit holder in South Africa’s demersal shark longline fishery has been reported breaching permit regulations, raising questions about the sustainability of the fishery. The fishery targets ...

Researchers recorded lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) preying on an invasive species, the jaguar cichlid (Parachromis ...

Despite the fear they may inspire in humans, sharks have far more reason to fear us. Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction globally, mostly as a result of fishing. A team led by ...