News Digest - November

Our selection of top shark stories, highlighting the latest news and discoveries from around the world...

Mexico Finally Bans Fishing Of Threatened Atlantic Sharks

15th November

In mid-October, Mexico announced long-awaited national bans that prohibit the capture, retention, and trade of five groups of threatened Atlantic sharks, signaling a long-overdue step toward compliance with global conservation standards.

Shark Conservation Advances at International Atlantic Tuna Conference

24th November

After a record number of proposals focused on sharks, this year’s meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) ended with new protections for basking and white sharks, reduced catch limits for South Atlantic shortfin makos, and procedural advances for enforcing shark measures. For the seventeenth year, efforts to strengthen ICCAT’s shark finning ban were thwarted.

Shark Fossils Illuminate Miocene Migration

29th November

By collecting over 200 new shark and ray teeth from Mukurmatia and Itamundia, researchers were able to identify several species previously unrecorded in India, including some entirely new to the Miocene deposits of the subcontinent.