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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 7h

Republican lawmakers are targeting the Marine Mammal Protection act, enacted in 1972 to protect whales, seals, polar bears and other sea animals.

The law also places restrictions on commercial fishermen, shippers and other marine industries. abcnews.link/bFDw3OP

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

abcnews.link

Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 1d

7news.com.au/news/noosa-a...

Shark net activist group splits after founder films whale entanglement

Madeleine Boyd said she experienced ‘an ocean’s worth of online abuse’.

7news.com.au

Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 2d

A new species of an ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile discovered in England.
Xiphodracon goldencapsis the new species is an ichthyosaur — an order of large extinct marine reptiles — that lived during the Early Jurassic era about 190 million years ago. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

New species of Jurassic-era 'sword dragon' marine reptile discovered

A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in fossils found in England, according to researchers.

abcnews.go.com

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Aaron B. Judah🔱 @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

Today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, we found that 30 species of #sharks, #rays, and #chimaeras overlap with proposed #deepseamining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction #ABNJ - over 60% are already #threatened with #extinction 🦈

📸 Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. Credit: Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda.

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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 4d

"Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras" www.cell.com/current-biol...

@seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social

Schematic of two potential impact pathways (direct benthic impacts and midwater impacts) of deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules, polymetallic sulphides, and cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts.

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 5d

Launching today with partners: a campaign to protect sharks & rays.

At #CITESCoP20, govts will decide whether to grant whale sharks, oceanic whitetips, and manta & devil rays full Appendix I protections — a once-in-a-generation chance.

🌏 Sign the petition: only.one/act/cites-2025

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Manta Trust @mantatrust.bsky.social · 4d

Some of our ocean’s most iconic species are vanishing — whale sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, manta and devil rays.

Join us in calling for action. Sign the petition today: only.one/act/cites-2025

#CITESCoP20 #SaveTheMantas

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 2d

The IUCN Red List
has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

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La DraculessaⓋ🦘🎗🦈#🟦 @ladraculessa.bsky.social · 2d

@sharksafetywa.bsky.social .

La DraculessaⓋ🦘🎗🦈#🟦 @ladraculessa.bsky.social · 3d

Fishermen r targeting Miami’s sharks, killing the blacktips for their jaws n illegally dragging threatened species like lemon sharks from the water for social media photos. Research shows that over a quarter of all sharks dragged onto a beach die.
Pls sign the petition
www.change.org/p/save-miami...

Sign the Petition

Save Miami Sharks: Ban Land-Based Shark Fishing

www.change.org

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 5d

www.iflscience.com/new-species-...

New Species Of Tiny Glowing Lanternshark And Ghost-Like Crab Discovered In Deep Sea

The power duo we didn't know we needed.

www.iflscience.com

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Chris Mull @cgmull.bsky.social · 10d

New paper led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social looking at the threats deep sea mining poses for sharks, rays, and chimaeras. We found 30 species are threatened via various pathways including collector impact and plumes at depth and pelagic discharge plumes.

Figure 1: highlighting various pathways through which mining can impact sharks, rays, and chimaeras including collector impact and plumes, and discharge plumes.

Figure 2: The diversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras impacted by deep sea mining operations. Nearly 2/3 of these species are already at an elevated risk of extinction.

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 6d

The EU’s ban on discards was meant to end one of the most wasteful practices in fishing: throwing unwanted catch back into the sea. Yet, years after it was introduced under the Common Fisheries Policy, countries are failing to enforce it. oceana.ly/470f0FJ

How poor control and enforcement is undermining the EU discards ban

The EU’s ban on discards was meant to end one of the most wasteful practices in fishing: throwing unwanted catch back into the sea.

oceana.ly

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 7d

Japanese innovators have developed a plastic designed to combat marine pollution by dissolving completely in seawater within hours.

No toxic residue and transforms into a substance that enriches the soil eliminates harm and actively contributes to the health of the planet.

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La DraculessaⓋ🦘🎗🦈#🟦 @ladraculessa.bsky.social · 7d

@sharksafetywa.bsky.social 😡🦈

La DraculessaⓋ🦘🎗🦈#🟦 @ladraculessa.bsky.social · 8d

Sharks are vanishing but in Indonesia top BGN officials defends use of shark meat in free meal programs. Respect for local culture????😳

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www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

Top BGN official defends use of shark meat in free meals program - Politics - The Jakarta Post

The newly inaugurated deputy head of the BGN Nanik S Deyang said the decision to serve fried shark meat for students in the region was made out of respect for local culture.

www.thejakartapost.com

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La DraculessaⓋ🦘🎗🦈#🟦 @ladraculessa.bsky.social · 7d

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La DraculessaⓋ🦘🎗🦈#🟦 @ladraculessa.bsky.social · 8d

🦈 Shark dish in free meal program triggers mass food poisoning in Ketapang, Indonesia. jakartaglobe.id/news/shark-d...

Shark Dish in Free Meal Program Triggers Mass Food Poisoning in Ketapang

Dozens of children and one adult were reported to have suffered food poisoning after consuming the MBG program in Ketapang Regency.

jakartaglobe.id

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 7d

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 8d

Thousands and thousands of fish washed up at The Spit on the Gold Coast this morning. Fisheries are aware and monitoring the situation.

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 8d

In Norway, cutting-edge underwater drones are taking on a deadly but often overlooked threat to marine life — ghost fishing netsEquipped with cameras, sonar, and robotic arms, the drones can dive to great depths, locating and removing the nets with remarkable precision.

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 8d

Huge numbers of red bell jellyfish, also known as 'sea tomatoes', washed up at Eighty Mile Beach, between Port Hedland and Broome.

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 9d

UK's view of Australia's shark nets
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fatal attack revives debate over controversial shark nets in Australia

The use of controversial shark nets was about to be scaled back in Sydney when a surfer was killed.

www.bbc.com

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 9d

All those incredible Marlin, Sword Fish & Grouper killed for so called sport

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 9d

NSW shark nets are literally gill nets designed to catch and kill marine life.

LED lights installed on the nets are designed to deter marine life from them.

So then, what's the point of shark nets?
theconversation.com/green-lights...

Green lights on fishing nets could slash bycatch of sea turtles, says research

Hi-tech green LED lights attached to fishing gear can act as a deterrent to turtles and help reduce bycatch by approximately 40%.

theconversation.com

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 9d

NSW 2024/25 shark culling season in a nutshell:

- 90% non target species caught
- Only 33% released alive (with no post release mortality data)
- At least 9 confirmed whale strikes (entanglements)
- 106 sharks spotted with drones vs 24 entangled

But sure, shark nets 'work'.
www.netsoutnow.com.au

Nets Out Now | end the outdated use of shark nets and catch-and-kill drumlines in Australia

The Nets Out Now Coalition is an international alliance of organisations and experts working together to end the outdated use of shark nets and catch-and-kill drumlines in Australia.

www.netsoutnow.com.au

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Kimberly @kimbasgarden.bsky.social · 12d

What a tragedy.
An essential part of the ecosystem, not a threat to humans (which doesn't mean they won't nip you if you get in their way but really just interested in fish), and beautiful in their own right.

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 12d

Lower numbers than thought, and a slow rate of increase may not be enough to buffer against ongoing impacts from fishing, and the rapidly warming waters on the east coast which could alter habitats and prey distribution around sites they aggregate and breed at.

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