CITES Upholds Historic Vote on Shark Conservation
On Thursday (13 March 2013) Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ratified a vote cast earlier in the week, adding five species … Continue reading
CITES Delegates Approve Protection for Sharks and Manta Rays
Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) voted today (Monday 11 March 2013) to add five species of shark to the list of plants … Continue reading
Puffer Fish Menacing Fishermen in Arabian Sea, off Kerala, India
Puffer fish have undergone a population explosion in the Arabian Sea in recent years, according to an article recently published by K.S. Mohamed and colleagues in the lastest issue of … Continue reading
McDonald’s Fish McBites Contain Seahorse Meat: A new Urban Legend
Beel loves it! CBS News recently reported “Fish McBites fail to spark McDonald’s sales.” Well of course they failed, they’re terrible (see Beel’s review). Anyway, Beel got all over this with … Continue reading
World-record Landlocked Striped Bass Captured in Alabama Excites the Twitterverse
Woo hoo, says Beel! A big fish brought to justice. Field and Stream (and other sources) report that James Bramlett of Dora, Alabama captured this beauty on 28 February 2013. The … Continue reading
Texas Aims to Ban Shark Fins: Legislature Hears Compelling Testimony
Well, says Beel, Texas is known for leaving no child behind. Evidently that has morphed into leave no issue behind. Texas State Senator Larry Taylor, whose district includes Galveston, has … Continue reading
Queensland, Australia Woman Forces Lungfish to Breathe Air in Daring Rescue
Sasha Ambrose of Gympie, Queensland has earned her 15 minutes of fame, plus a bit more. Sasha rescued an Australian lungfish from flood waters that had carried it into a hotel … Continue reading
Fish Festival of the Week: Marathon Seafood Festival, Florida, USA
Way out in the Florida Keys, about half way between Key Largo and Key West where Beel’s father once lived, is tiny Marathon, Florida, host city for the aptly named … Continue reading
Pinocchio Tarpon Tournament Series, According to Save the Tarpon
Beel loves big fish, fish festivals, and good times- like shindigs. But Beel also loves a dog fight. The Professional Tarpon Tournament Series (PTTS) has been caught up in a … Continue reading
Lebanese Fishery for Young Sharks
Al Arabiya News (Lebanon) reported today there is a growing Lebanese fishery for young sharks. Regulations do not prevent the practice and there a growing market for the fish in the … Continue reading
Parasite Got Your Tongue? Life History of a Crustacean that Replaces Fishes’ Tongues
Woo hoo, says Beel! It’s movie night, all day Friday. Grab some popcorn and watch this really neat animation put together by Nova. You know, Nova (PBS), as in we … Continue reading
Kmart and the Dead Shark: Lessons to be Learned from the British Horse Meat Scandal
Last week there was extensive reporting on the death of a white tip shark that had been flown to California to star in a Kmart commercial. News of this began … Continue reading →