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		<title>Australia to allow fishing for mako to continue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Australian recreational fishers today welcomed the decision by The Hon. Peter Garrett, Federal Minister for the Environment to allow the sustainable fishing of Mako Sharks to continue.
On Thursday 25 February, Minister Garrett tabled a bill to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to allow sustainable recreational fishing for Mako and Porbeagle Sharks to continue. Under the EPBC Act, Mako Sharks and Porbeagle Sharks are listed migratory species and the amendment will grant an exemption to recreational fishers to continue to fish for these iconic gamefish.
Recfish CEO ...


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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/australian-to-allow-fishing-for-mako-to-continue</link>
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		<title>New basking shark leaflet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new leaflet and wall chart are available about Basking Sharks which has been produced by the SNH following their report :
 &#34;Basking Shark Hotspots on the West Coast of Scotland: Key sites, threats and implications for conservation of the species.&#34;&#160; 
The report is at: http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/339.pdf


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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/new-basking-shark-leaflet</link>
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		<title>Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Shark Tagging Programme now has a facebook fan page!
It is hoped that this page can be used for connecting anglers together on one site to display their photos, discuss any issues they would like to about the programme or related topics and to keep up to date with the tagging programme.
A summary update of the site can be found below.
Hope to see you on facebook!
Cheers
The SSTP team.

FB.init("23b03d5cab64e4cc56be9da6f83a43fb");
Scottish Shark Tagging Programme on Facebook



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		<title>Basking Shark hotspots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SNH Commissioned Report 339: 
Basking Shark Hotspots on the West Coast of Scotland: Key sites, threats and implications for conservation of the species.

&#160;
The Wildlife Trusts’ Basking Shark Project conducted effort-corrected line transect surveys for the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) along the west coast of Scotland between 2002-2006. A total of 11,179km of linear transects consisting of 956 hours duration were covered, and a total of 593 sharks were recorded whilst on transect.


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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/basking-shark-hotspots</link>
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		<title>Anglers &#8211; the best rig for skate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anglers &#8212; Big powerful common skate will terminally expose any weakness in tackle. Terminal tackle in particular needs to be strong, and rig design well considered. 
But what is the best rig?
Boat angler Les McBride has numerous massive commons under his belt and reveals the rig that works for him and many other dedicated skate hunters in the tutorial section.
The SSTP welcome contributions on tackle, tips, background information etc – just send your thoughts / article to the SSTP editor – sharkman@ssacn.org
Many Thanks.


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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/anglers-the-best-rig-for-skate</link>
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		<title>How to rig up for common skate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With thanks to the original author – Les McBride
Big powerful common skate will terminally expose any weakness in tackle. Terminal tackle in particular needs to be strong, and rig design well considered. But what is the best rig? 
Boat angler Les has numerous massive commons under his belt and reveals the rig that works for him and many other dedicated skate hunters&#8230;
Imagine a fish almost eight feet long with sharp, crushing teeth at one end, and row upon row of jagged line-slicing thorns studded along the back, wings and tail. ...


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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/how-to-rig-up-for-common-skate</link>
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		<title>EC to ban trade in tuna, porbeagle and spiny dogfish ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The EC is proposing a negotiating stance of a near-total trade ban in bluefin tuna at the upcoming CITES meeting in Doha in a bid to save the fish from serious decline in the Mediterranean; it will also call for restrictions on trade in porbeagle and spiny dogfish shark. A weighted majority of EU member states must now agree the EU position. 
The European commissioners for Environment and Fisheries will jointly present the proposal, bringing an end to weeks of wrangling between their departments over bluefin tuna. However, it’s only ...


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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/ec-close-to-banning-trade-in-tuna</link>
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		<title>400 million years old and critically endangered</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is one of the longest running shows on earth about to come to an end?
Meet the stars of the show; the Spurdog, the Thornback Ray and the (not so) Common Skate the products of over 400 million years of evolution whose population numbers are now under serious threat primarily from over-fishing.
The Species:
The Spurdog also known as the spiny or piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias) exhibits schooling behaviour and lives in close aggregations of similar sized individuals of the same sex. Juveniles school offshore and pregnant females close to shore.
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		<title>Swine flu threatens sharks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The effects of the swine flu upon sharks is not a direct one &#8211; these animals are not finding themselves coming down with cases of H1N1 like humans and other land animals. However, they are being threatened in a grave way by the virus through the pharmaceutical process which requires a substance – Squalene – to make a key component in the H1N1 vaccine.
Squalene is being extracted from shark livers.
Alternatively, it could be obtained in small amounts from olive oil, wheat germ oil and rice bran oil.
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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/swine-flu-threatens-sharks</link>
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		<title>Smallest ever whale shark ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Sky News page at http://tinyurl.com/yhdzcqf 
The world&#8217;s smallest ever whale shark has reportedly been discovered in waters off the eastern Philippines. 
The baby whale shark measured just 15 inches and was found in shallow water off Donsol in the Philippine province of Sorsogon on Saturday.
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		<link>http://www.tagsharks.com/smallest-ever-whale-shark</link>
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