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The authorities in New Caledonia have begun culling protected sharks in a central Noumea bay after a boy lost a leg in a shark attack last month. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The Pew Charitable Trusts caught up with A.A.

A skipper and deckhand were fined $7000 after Queensland Government staff raided their boat and found 31 shark fins on board at the port in Cairns. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

As the plight of sharks and rays around the world worsens, James Cook University and WWF have launched the first-ever guide aimed at getting the best out of areas designed to protect them, and avoiding the mistakes of the past.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The shortfin mako, the world’s fastest known shark, which can reach speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour (43 miles an hour), is one step closer to extinction. Click on the link below to read the full article.

According to the Global Shark Conservation, the three island nations are among 67 governments co-sponsoring one or more proposals leading up to this year's conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, also known as CITES.

Several photos and videos of Ramsey swimming with, and even occasionally touching, the giant shark have since gone viral on social media, leaving many awestruck over the breathtaking images.

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According to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme’s (SPREP) Shark’s and Rays Conservation Officer, Juney Ward, the media can sometimes paint a very negative picture of these creatures.

Sharks have low reproductive rates, making them especially susceptible to overfishing.

When they first set out to follow grey reef sharks around the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Darcy Bradley and her colleagues intended to survey their movement in the protected waters there. What they found was a disturbing development for the Pacific island nation.