Research shows that catch-and-release policies aren’t enough to slow the trend In a nutshell Catch-and-release policies help but aren’t enough. While retention bans reduce shark deaths, many species ...

Police in Australia say a fisherman who fell overboard during a fishing competition on Sunday was dragged by a shark that was entangled in fishing gear. The search for Paul Barning, a figure in ...

Currently, 17 species of oceanic sharks are protected by retention bans, policies that require fishermen to release any ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --A missing fisherman in Australia was dragged from a boat by a mako shark entangled in fishing gear, officials in New South Wales said. Authorities on Monday continued searching for ...

“What we can confirm is the vessel had hooked up a shark in its fishing gear and they were trying to retrieve the shark, usually for a tag and release program,” McNulty said Monday. “We believe the ...