Shark diving tourism is a burgeoning, global industry. The growing perception that sharks
can be worth more alive for tourism than dead in a fish market has become one of the …

Shark depredation, where a shark partially or completely consumes an animal caught by
fishing gear before it can be retrieved to the fishing vessel, occurs in commercial and …

Abstract 450 million years of evolution have given chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and allies)
ample time to adapt perfectly to their respective everyday life challenges and cognitive …

Shark-diving tourism has become a global phenomenon and is widely promoted to
contribute to pro-conservation attitudes by dispelling myths and exposing tourists to sharks …

Shark depredation, where a shark consumes a hooked fish before it can be retrieved to the
fishing vessel, can occur in recreational fisheries. This may cause higher mortality rates in …

Elasmobranch fishes are among a broad range of taxa believed to gain positional
information and navigate using the earth's magnetic field, yet in sharks, much remains …

Highlights•Nonsocial, juvenile Port Jackson sharks learnt faster with trained demonstrators.•
Acquisition occurred between training bouts.•Social living is not a prerequisite for social …

Baited video systems have been widely used to assess the relative abundance and diversity
of sharks in locations around the world, however they provide limited information on …

Tourism-related feeding of wildlife can result in detrimental, human-induced changes to the
spatial distribution, social behaviour and health of target species. The feeding of sharks as …

Adaptation of brain structures, function and higher cognitive abilities most likely have
contributed significantly to the evolutionary success of elasmobranchs, but these traits …