The federal government is shutting down fishing of a popular species of shark to try to give the animals a chance to recover from population decline. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

A shortfin mako shark was spotted for the first time in the urban waters of Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach in late March. The Pinnacle Gazette reported that footage was captured by Andrew Macau, a ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries, which stated that a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act is “not warranted.” In ...

Hold the mako: A ban on landing or possessing shortfin mako sharks in the U.S. goes into effect Tuesday, under fishery management rules issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ...

Mako sharks are some of the fastest swimmers in the ocean. These predatory sharks hunt for a variety of foods, including fish, squid, other sharks, sea turtles, and even porpoises. But are they a ...

According to researchers from Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI), the shortfin mako shark is getting overfished at an unsustainably-high rate. Image Credit: Pixabay ...

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The shortfin has a very streamlined body. Its back is cobalt blue and its belly is white. The dorsal fin starts just behind the base of the pectoral fin. The shortfin's teeth differ from other sharks; ...

WASHINGTON— Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity sent a notice today of their intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect the shortfin mako ...

Conservation scientists have recommended a total fishing ban on shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) to allow the species’ population in the North Atlantic to recover from decades of overfishing.

Known as the fastest sharks in our oceans, shortfin makos (Isurus oxyrinchus) have been trying to outswim the looming threat of extinction for the last few years. This week, thanks to the ...

Nations have agreed to effectively ban the fishing of endangered shortfin mako sharks in the North Atlantic from 2022 to 2023. Conservationists say the retention ban — which means fishers will not be ...