Located 342 miles (550 kilometers) off the west coast of Costa Rica, Cocos Island is famed
for its scalloped hammerhead shark encounters.
They say that coastal nursery grounds and offshore refuging areas
for scalloped hammerheads are therefore critical habitats where protected marine reserves should be sited.
Not exact matches
The whitetip, porbeagle and
scalloped hammerhead all had proposals considered at the last CITES meeting in 2010 but each narrowly missed the two thirds majority needed
for adoption.
June is peak season
for schools of
scalloped hammerheads, and the cooler water from July through November attract more whale sharks.
«The Magnet» is famous
for its
hammerhead shark sightings, which features both Scalloped Hammerhead sharks and the Great Hammerhe
hammerhead shark sightings, which features both
Scalloped Hammerhead sharks and the Great Hammerhe
Hammerhead sharks and the Great
HammerheadHammerhead sharks.
Layang Layang: It is
for the huge schools of
scalloped hammerhead sharks that patrol around the island that Laying Layang has developed the reputation as a «must see» diving destination of Malaysia.
Wolf and Darwin Islands are the Galapagos» premier attraction
for whale sharks and huge aggregations of
scalloped hammerhead sharks and other sharks like the Galapagos and silky.
And if you are up
for the adventure of a lifetime the near virgin waters of Cocos Island offer
scalloped hammerhead sharks by the hundreds.
Scalloped hammerhead sharks are on the globally Endangered species list, and are often targeted by fishermen
for their fins, which attract high prices primarily
for the Chinese market.
The expanded protected area, which is likely to include both fully protected and low impact fishing zones, will encourage the sustainable management of fisheries resources and protect the
scalloped hammerhead shark and the leatherback turtle, two threatened species that concentrate and feed in the new area, and two key «flagship» species
for the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
in circumference, and is often dubbed «Shark Island»
for the abundance of sharks that live in its waters, including white tipped reef sharks, whale sharks, and
scalloped hammerhead sharks.
According to Pew, the images captured depict «fins and body parts of biologically vulnerable shark species, such as
scalloped hammerhead and oceanic whitetip, being readied
for market.»