Sentences with phrase «shark and rays»

The research project looks to fill a critical information gap about the diminishing number of sharks and rays in our oceans.

Swim with nurse sharks and rays in water just 6 - 8 feet.

The aquarium is home to many shark and ray species, some of which are critically endangered in the wild.

Nurse sharks and rays were attracted to the area and have been coming ever since.

With no motors and no noise, you'll cruise across the water away from the crowds and see the creatures of the reef up close — turtles, reef sharks and rays.

When you enter the water, you can observe the activities of these friendly sharks and rays up close and personal, if... you're adventurous, and not faint of heart.

When one enters the water, observe the activities of these friendly sharks and rays up close and personal, if one is adventurous, and not faint of heart.

While you can admire the frenzy of sharks and rays from the comfort of a boat, I recommend jumping in and getting up close to these beautiful animals.

Industry vessels killed 30,000 sharks and rays over a three - year period, the report found.

Many species of sharks and rays inhabit the surrounding body of water.

When one enters the water, they observe the activities of these friendly sharks and rays up close and personal.

As a result of all this «traffic,» the area is a diver's paradise where it is easy to find large schools of nurse sharks and rays on the hunt for prey.

Once the place where fishermen cleaned their catch at the end of the day, Shark Ray Alley is now a hotspot for sharks and rays who come for the chum.

Cavort with sharks and rays in a playground of tangled neon coral, toast the day with sunset cocktails on a white beach, then get up and do it all over again.

A fossil slab discovered in Kansas 70 years ago and twice misidentified — first as a green alga and then as a cephalopod — has been reinterpreted as the preserved remains of a large cartilaginous fish, the group that includes sharks and rays.

It feeds mainly on seals, other sharks and rays as well as bony fish.

Hol Chan Marine Reserve has a section of marine reserve called Shark Ray Alley, which gives visitors the opportunity to see sharks and rays in the wild.

Like many sharks and rays, manta rays give birth to live young, but they don't have an umbilical cord or a placenta to deliver oxygen.

But if there is no reaction, which was the case when Bronson and Maisey performed the test, it is likely made from calcium phosphate, as are the fossilized skeletons of cartilaginous fish like sharks and rays.

Then head on to Shark Ray Alley and encounter sharks and rays in their natural habitat.

FIU scientists have become increasingly concerned about the vulnerable populations of sharks and rays around the world and especially in Belize, where Global FinPrint lead scientist and FIU professor Demian Chapman has worked for nearly two decades on shark conservation.

Researchers have made many discoveries relevant to the conservation of threatened shark and ray species by studying the catches in fish markets in Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

There are many ongoing projects including roaming survey dives, BRUV (Baited Remote Underwater Video) data collection, photographic identification of our resident sharks and turtles, island wide shark and ray abundance surveys beach and underwater clean ups, community days with the local schools, and environmental events and workshops to help the Gili Matra Marine Reserve and the environment of Gili Air.

So the name «Shark and Ray Alley» is a little misleading since it's not like you're visiting a hot spot where sharks and rays normally roam — it's really just an area where the sharks grew accustomed to being lured to once fisherman started throwing out free meals to them years ago.

Humane Society International and Defenders of Wildlife applaud the proposed protections for 21 species of migratory sharks and rays submitted by member countries of the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species.

HSI and Defenders of Wildlife applauded the proposed protections for 21 species of migratory sharks and rays submitted by member countries of the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species.

Tomita says the research will help explain how sharks and rays evolved to produce live young.

Project AWARE's two PADI Distinctive Specialty courses help divers lead action on marine debris prevention and shark and ray protection.

In a collaboration funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), CSIRO and Indonesian fisheries agencies compared the genetics of Indonesian sharks and rays with those found in Australian waters to assess the extent to which the stocks are shared.

Painstakingly sorting through the swamp matter, they found that it did indeed contain «super high yields» of shark and ray fossils.

Kent is passionate about ancient sharks and rays, but he could not do that work because UMD's Department of Entomology, where he had his post, did not have a position for cartilaginous fish paleontology.

After taking a closer look with a scanning electron microscope, Bronson and Maisey reinterpreted that feature as tessellated calcified cartilage, found on both extinct and living sharks and rays.

«The findings bring into question how important sharks and rays are to the alligator diet as well as the fatality of some the juvenile sharks when we think about population management of endangered species,» Nifong said.

Some experts had already concluded that ptyctodonts were having sex because the male pelvic fins have phallic extensions called claspers, similar to the ones modern sharks and rays use to deposit their semen inside females.

With most other predators now out of the picture, early sharks and ray - finned fish like Fouldenia used their crushing jaws to dine on these spiny, stalked and hard - shelled creatures.

These expeditions revealed a zoo of biofluorescent fishes — from both cartilaginous (e.g. sharks and rays) and bony (e.g. eels and lizardfishes) lineages — especially among cryptically patterned, well - camouflaged species living in coral reefs.

The findings by the Zurich - based paleontologists unveil previously unexpected convergences with the gastrointestinal anatomy of present - day sharks and rays.

The study stresses that while most of Europe's commercial fish stocks are not yet threatened with extinction, most of the larger fish species are, particularly sharks and rays.

'' [W] e showed our data to a bunch of shark experts, and they had seen anecdotal evidence of shark and ray egg cases near hydrothermal vents,» Phillips said.

Interestingly, shark experts also reported seeing egg cases of sharks and rays near hydrothermal vents.

Another recommended trip is Ras Creek's tour of the local Caye Caulker shark and ray site and a complete tour around the island in search of crocodiles (don't worry you just view them from the boat) and marine life indigenous to the mangroves.

There are dolphin and seal shows, penguin, shark and ray feeding times and you can snorkel in a lagoon with about 1 500 fish, shark cage dive and walk on the floor of the aquarium.

Next, the glass bottom boat will take you to the amazing Shark Ray Alley where you can observe sharks and rays from the safety of your glass bottom boat or get in amongst them!

Attracted for years by fisherman cleaning their catch, Shark Ray Alley has plenty of sharks and rays still rushing towards boats in hopes of catching a few fresh catch scraps.

This archipelago also contains some of the most diverse and interesting marine ecosystems in the world: offshore fringing reefs which present a better visibility, healthy corals and small rocky islands that attract sharks and rays and countless number of marine species.

Cruise a channel where sharks and rays congregate.

It is the mission of SOS to support healthy oceans by promoting better protection for sharks and rays through research, education, and conservation.

This project is designed to bring the all the dive shops on Gili Air together to create one comprehensive shark and ray abundance sightings data log.

Water is a way of life on the island and activities range from snorkeling tours to beach picnics, scuba diving, jet skiiing, stand up paddle boarding, deep sea fishing, and the popular shark and ray adventure!