Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Nicolas Tomasi has never laid eyes on it. He has worked these waters for ...

Currently, 17 species of oceanic sharks are protected by retention bans, policies that require fishermen to release any captured individuals instead of keeping them. However, this ...

Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction, mostly due to fishing. While mandated releases are helpful, researchers discovered that they aren't enough to stabilize shark populations.

A researcher in 1887 published the details of a Chilean angel shark, which was described as a small 'ray-like' shark that lives in shallow coastal waters. However, the description provided by the ...

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Bans are most likely to benefit species with faster reproductive rates—like blue sharks, bonnetheads and angel sharks—because their populations tend to recover faster. The blue shark is ...