The situation for shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic Ocean is particularly dire. Populations are currently managed as two assumed separate populations (or stocks), with fishery-based assessments ...

The fastest shark in the sea is losing the race against extinction. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, ...

Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries, which stated that a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act is “not warranted.” In ...

The fastest shark in the sea is losing the race against extinction. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, the shortfin Mako is being ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES ... At CoP18 in August 2019, 18 species of sharks and rays—including shortfin and longfin mako sharks, six ...

Once the shark was landed, Grey marveled at its build—streamlined, muscular, with a head like a bullet. “I had never seen its like,” he wrote. “Every line of this mako showed speed and ...

Mako sharks are visual hunters ... Unfortunately, both species are also listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because of overfishing. Makos are often a targeted catch, as well as bycatch ...

The plates, featuring the endangered mako shark, have been the fastest-selling and most popular charity plates in Rhode Island. The motorcycle plates are expected to be available for pickup in May ...