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Megamouth Shark by Kinsella, John

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Assessing survival rates of discarded sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus), tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier), Port Jackson sharks (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) and dusky sharks (Carcharhinus obscurus) by Grosse, Taylor Arden

“…Discarded sharks are released alive, although the fate of these shark’s post-release is widely unknown. …”
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Loan shark: why/how youth chose loan sharking as an occupation? by Loi, Chai Ken, Rodriguez, Adriana Maria Ortega, Abdullah, Haslinda

“…Generally speaking, Loan Shark refers to those individuals or organizations that lend money at excessively and often illegally high rates of interest; and tend to use violent and harsh methods to collect debts. …”
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Shark Tale Paradox by Kinsella, John

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The effect of underwater sounds on shark behaviour by Chapuis, L., Collin, S.P., Yopak, K.E., McCauley, Robert, Kempster, R.M., Ryan, L.A., Schmidt, C., Kerr, C.C., Gennari, E., Egeberg, C.A., Hart, N.S.

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Global patterns in the bycatch of sharks and rays by Oliver, S., Braccini, M., Newman, Stephen, Harvey, Euan

“…For the fisheries considered in this study, pelagic longlines, and deep-sea and coastal trawl fisheries had the largest total annual shark and ray bycatch, respectively. Blue sharks (Prionace glauca, Carcharhinidae) dominated the total annual bycatch of longline fisheries. …”
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Detection of sharks with the Gemini imaging sonar by Parsons, Miles, Parnum, Iain, Allen, K., McCauley, Robert, Erbe, Christine

“…Within 5 m, shark shape, length and swimming action were readily discernible. …”
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Sharks end up in Sarawak dishes by New Sarawak Tribune

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Decadal trends in shark catches and effort from the New South Wales, Australia, Shark Meshing Program 1950-2010 by Reid, D., Robbins, William, Peddemors, V.

“…Catches were consistently dominated by three shark taxa, hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna spp.), whaler sharks (Carcharhinus spp.) and Australian angel sharks (Squatina australis), although their relative contributions to catches varied over time. …”
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Environmental DNA illuminates the dark diversity of sharks by Boussarie, G., Bakker, J., Wangensteen, O., Mariani, S., Bonnin, L., Juhel, J., Kiszka, J., Kulbicki, M., Manel, S., Robbins, William, Vigliola, L., Mouillot, D.

“…Furthermore, eDNA analysis reveals the presence of previously unobserved shark species in humanimpacted areas. Overall, our results highlight a greater prevalence of sharks than described by traditional survey methods in both impacted and wilderness areas. …”
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The Use of Stationary Underwater Video for Sampling Sharks by Harvey, Euan, Santana Garcon, J., Goetze, Jordan, Saunders, Ben, Cappo, M.

“…This pioneering book, written by experts in shark biology, examines technologies such as autonomous vehicle tracking, underwater video approaches, molecular genetics techniques, and accelerometry, among many others.…”
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White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? by Catlin, James, Hughes, M., Jones, Tod, Jones, Roy

“…This paper explores the Western Australian Government's decision to disallow white shark tourism operations within the State. This policy was made during a time of an unprecedented number of shark bite fatalities in the region. …”
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Determinants of Spending of Whale Shark Tour Participants by Jones, Tod, Wood, David, Catlin, James, Norman, B.

“…Whale shark tourism is an icon industry in Western Australia. …”
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Drivers of reef shark abundance and biomass in the Solomon Islands by Goetze, Jordan, Langlois, T., McCarter, J., Simpfendorfer, C., Hughes, A., Leve, J., Jupiter, S.

“…At present, very little data are available on shark populations in the Solomon Islands and scientific surveys to document shark and ray diversity and distribution have not been completed. …”
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Experimental evaluation of shark detection rates by aerial observers by Robbins, William, Peddemors, V., Kennelly, S., Ives, M.

“…However, the capability of aerial observers to reliably sight coastal sharks has not been previously assessed, nor have differences in sighting rates between aircraft types been examined. …”
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Stromatolite research in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area by Collins, Lindsay, Jahnert, Ricardo

“…Three decades after declaration of World Heritage status for Shark Bay new research findings are being reported on the specialised microbial habitats that characterise its hypersaline settings, the composition of microbial communities, tidal flat evolution, stromatolite geochronology and subtidal microbial systems. …”
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Fiji's largest marine reserve benefits reef sharks by Goetze, Jordan, Fullwood, L.

“…To provide more information about whether sharks benefit from no-take marine reserves, we quantified the relative abundance and biomass of reef sharks inside and outside of Namena, Fiji's largest reserve (60. 6 km2). …”
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Significance of subtidal microbial deposits in Shark Bay, Australia by Jahnert, Ricardo, Collins, Lindsay

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Expert: Carry out studies on 'toxic' shark 'fins by New Straits Times, V.Shankar Ganesh

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Aerodynamic performance of shark skin shape vortex generator by Zulkefli, Nur Faraihan, Ahamat, Mohamad Asmidzam, Mohd Safri, Nurul Fatihah, Mohd Nur, Nurhayati, Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine

“…The performance of NACA 4415 airfoils with counter rotating triangular or shark skin shape sub-boundary layer vortex generators were evaluated. …”
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