However, Haltermann said they didn't tag the female hammerhead to ensure a quick and healthy release. The angler called the shark a "dinosaur," adding the fishing gods blessed them with nothing ...

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Hammerhead sharks can hold their breath to survive almost ... That may be why these sharks are more likely to die when they are caught in fishing lines or nets near the surface.

New research reveals that despite decades of overfishing, shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic still have relatively high ...

Typically, sharks are finned alive—brought aboard fishing vessels to have their fins sliced off ... as well as several species of hammerhead sharks and 37 species of guitarfish. At CoP18 in August ...

I was once at the surface playing low-frequency sounds over a speaker to attract sharks. A hammerhead shot up from beneath me, rushing at me at perhaps 30 feet a second before he suddenly turned ...

Randall Arauz highlighted what is now being promoted to save the hammerhead shark and that is to avoid fishing them,“what is called as remediation measures, prohibiting it does not work after ...

Almost 20 years ago schools of hundreds of hammerhead sharks were seen at the seamount of El Bajo. Since then, the population has seen a decline. Worldwide many tens of millions, possibly over 100 ...

The great hammerhead shark is categorized as “critically endangered” by ... its large fins — prized in Asian seafood markets — as well as bycatch deaths in fishing gear and habitat degradation. Known ...