The oceanic whitetip is one of the world’s most endangered sharks that has declined by 98% throughout the world after being hunted for its fins or mistakenly caught in fishing nets. Around the ...

Oceanic whitetip sharks are the boldest ... A sure sign of a free meal, the shark can steal the fish right off the line! But populations of oceanic whitetips are crashing worldwide.

oceanic whitetip sharks have been involved in three fatal attacks on humans, but many more may have came during the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in World War II, where survivors faced shark ...

Florida officials on Tuesday added oceanic whitetip sharks to the list of shark species prohibited from being harvested or harmed in state waters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

The oceanic whitetip shark has suffered population declines of up to 88 percent in the Atlantic. Populations of the giant manta ray, which has a wingspan of up to 29 feet, have plummeted by up to 95 ...

Populations of oceanic whitetip shark have declined 99% in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean, while hammerheads' numbers also have dropped 99% in the Mediterranean. Mr Rand said the ...

No shark fishery can sustain a 25 percent removal ... Glenn Hodges wrote about oceanic whitetip sharks in the August 2016 issue. Photographer Brian Skerry has been named the Rolex National ...

Appendix II trade protections have previously been achieved for a number of shark and ray species, including basking and whale sharks in 2003; great white sharks in 2005; oceanic whitetip, smooth ...

and Oceanic Whitetip Carcharhinus longimanus are of higher value and the associated demand has contributed to unsustainable fishing pressure on the populations of these species. As a result, over 40 ...

Scientists say sharks and rays are disappearing from the world's oceans at an "alarming" rate. The number of sharks found in the open oceans has plunged by 71% over half a century, mainly due to ...