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GHRI in the News

2012

• New Zealand Herald (November 29, 2012): Shark Takes Long Way Home

• SPORT DIVER (October 31, 2012): Tag research reveals mako round-trip

• Huffington Post British Columbia (October 12, 2012): How An Artist Helped Shape B.C.'s Wave Of Shark Fin Bans

• Bermuda Sun (September 7, 2012): Returning shark brings slew of new data

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (August, 15, 2012): Swimming With Sharks

• Business Insider (August 15, 2012): Sharks Have Some Of The Coolest Superpowers In The Animal Kingdom

• Wisconsin Public Radio (August 14, 2012): Joy Cardin Discusses Sharks

• SELF Magazine (August 13, 2012): It's Shark Week! Why You SHOULDN'T Be Afraid to Get in the Water

• New species of hammerhead shark confirmed

• GHRI on Facebook!

2011

• Sun-Sentinel (June 16,2011): Fish fraud means what's on your plate may be an impostor
  
  
• MSNBC.com (April 20, 2011): You never know where tiger sharks will show up
  
  
• Sun-Sentinel (April 3, 2011): Is Your Sushi Really Tuna?
  
  
• Bernews, Bermuda (March 21, 2011): Bermuda Tiger Shark Research Spotlighted
  
  
• Bernews, Bermuda (March 7, 2011): Tiger Sharks: From Predators To Victims
  
  
• The Tribune (March 3, 2011): Campaign to Protect Sharks in the Bahamas is Stepped Up
  
  
• Nassau Guardian (March 3, 2011): Researchers Pushing for Shark Protection Laws

2010

• Sport Diver Magazine (May 2010) : The Shark Detective
  
  
• Los Angeles Times (February 1, 2010): Look-alike fish may throw off white marlin count. Various versions of this LA Times story were also reported in:
  • S. Florida Sun-Sentinel (FL)
  • Bradenton Herald (FL)
  • United Press International
  • St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
  • San Luis Obispo Tribune (CA)
  • Fresno Bee (CA)
  • The Olympian (WA)
  • European Union News Network
    
    
• BioScience (January 2010): DNA Barcoding Investigations Bring Biology to Life

2009

• Miami Herald (December 20, 2009): Study questions previously accepted data on white marlin
  
  
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel (December 7, 2009): DNA links shark fins from Atlantic to China
  
  
• Miami Herald (December 6, 2009): Nova scientists develop shark identification tool
  
  
• Vancouver Sun (December 1, 2009): HK markets selling endangered shark fins: US study. Various versions of this AFP story were also reported in:
  • Ottawa Citizen
  • Province
  • Calgary Herald
  • Edmonton Journal
  • Victoria Time Colonist
  • Regina Leader-Post
  • Windsor Star
    
    
• The Republican: Fishy doings on some restaurant menus
  
  
• Miami Herald: Consumers can support sustainable fishing methods
  
  
• Miami Herald: Snapper on your plate may be an impostor
  
  
• Chicago Sun Times: Bice busted: Eateries caught in fish fraud
  
  
• Miami Herald: Spotted eagle rays
  
  
• Miami Herald: Biologist at Nova pioneers shark DNA tags

2008

• Newsweek: Scientists: Virginia shark's pup a 'virgin birth'
  
  
• ScienceNews: Parenthood: Male sharks need not apply
  
  
• ABC News: Scientists: Virginia Shark's Pup a 'Virgin Birth'
  
  
• CBS News: Another Shark "Virgin Birth" Confirmed
  
  
• USA Today: Scientists: Second case of 'virgin birth' in a shark
  Various versions of this AP story were also reported in:
  • The San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Huffington Post
  • Brisbane Times
  • CNN International
  • CNN US
  • MSNBC
  • The Boston Globe
  • Arab Times
    
    
• Science News for Kids: Animal CSI or from Science Lab to Crime Lab
  
  
• Charlotte Observer: More restaurants caught in fish-switch

2007

• Conservation Magazine: Fingerprinting a Bowl of Shark Fin Soup
  
  
• Los Angeles Times: Study: Female Sharks Fertilize Own Eggs
  
  
• National Geographic News: Hammerhead Shark Gave "Virgin Birth" in Omaha Zoo
  
  
• New York Times: Female Shark Reproduced Without Male DNA, Scientists Say
  
  
• Washington Post: Female Sharks Can Reproduce Alone, Researchers Find
  
  
• TIME Magazine: "Yes, indeed, this is a virgin birth"
  
  
• CNN International: Scientists report virgin shark birth
  
  
• Discovery News: Female Sharks Reproduce Without Dad
  
  
• BBC News: Captive shark had 'virgin birth'
  
  
• Washington Post: Fin Trade Imperils Basking Shark
  
  
• The Economist: DNA Tracking
  
  
• Washington Post: White Marlin Even Less Plentiful
  
  
• ScienceNews: Marlin Crash May Be Worse Than Reported
  
  
• ScienceNOW: Fish Mix-Up Complicates Conservation Effort
  
  
• News.com - Australia: Female shark reproduces without sex
  
  
• The News Journal (Delaware): That was no fish story, it was a real great white shark
  
  
• USA TODAY: Study: Sharks can have 'virgin births'
  
  
• COSMOS Magazine: Hammerhead shark gives virgin birth
  
  
• Outside Magazine: Female Shark's Virgin Birth
  
  
• Miami Herald: Sharks can reproduce asexually
  
  
• South Florida Sun Sentinel: Scientists: Hammerhead has 'virgin birth' in zoo's shark tank
  
  
• Discovery Channel Planet Earth Series 2007: Great White Shark: Outlook
  
  
• FOX News: Hammerhead Shark in Nebraska Gives Virgin Birth
  
  
• Telegraph (UK): Shark's virgin birth stuns scientists
  
  
• Wildlife Extra: Basking sharks threatened by the shark fin trade
  
  
• ScienceDaily: Testing Reveals Continued, Illegal Trade In Fins Of Endangered Basking Sharks
  
  
• Stanford Tech Museum of Innovation: Rustling up some DNA - Scientists use animal DNA to stop poaching
  
  
• Marlin (The International Sport Fishing Magazine): White marlin may be victims of mistaken identity
  
  
• Miami Herald: A mistaken identity
  
  
• International Angler Magazine, June 2007: New research confirms existence of roundscale spearfish
  
  
• Nature: Fin Trade Fingerprinted

2006

• Los Angeles Times: DNA Helps Nab Illegal Shark Fin Traders
  
  
• New York Times: Big and Fearsome, but Vulnerable
  
  
• National Geographic News: New Hammerhead Shark Species Found in U.S.
  
  
• Washington Post: DNA Test Tracks Shark Catch
  
  
• ScienceNOW: Great Whites on the Menu
  
  
• Washington Post: DNA helps nab illegal shark fin traders
  Various versions of this AP story were also reported in:
  • Sun Sentinel (FL), Orlando Sentinel (FL), Bradenton Herald (FL), The Ledger (FL), Monterey County Herald (CA), ContraCosta Times (CA), Charleston Post Courier (SC), The State (SC), Wilmington Star (NC), Wilmington Morning Star (NC), Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN), Fort Wayne Sentinel (IN), Houston Chronicle (TX), Fort Worth Star Telegram (TX), Worcester Telegram (MA), Press of Atlantic City (NJ), Town Hall (DC), Biloxi Sun Herald (MS), KSL-TV (UT), Arizona Central.com (AZ), Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA), Newsday (NY), Twin Cities Pioneer-Press (MN)
  • LeadingtheCharge.com (Australia), The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Guardian (UK), The New Zealand Royal Society Daily News
    
    
• ESPN Outdoors: DNA helps nab illegal shark fin traders
  
  
• News-Press.com: Fla. fisherman penalized for shark finning
  
  
• Miami Herald: Shedding light on artificials' impact
  
  
• Discovery Channel: New S.C. Shark Species Found
  
  
• Miami Herald: Stingray feeding effects studied
  
  
• Davie and Cooper City Gazette: Researchers find unique shark DNA, possible new species
  
  
• San Jose Mercury News: Previously unknown species of hammerhead shark discovered
  
  
• Miami Herald: Another Shark Species is Found
  
  
• Die Welt (Germany): Gentest beweist den illegalen Handel mit Haifisch-Flossen
  
  
• Stars and Stripes: Gumshoe scientist helps fed track great white poaching caper
  
  
• Honolulu Advisor: New weapon against illegal shark-fin trade
  
  
• Tiede science magazine (Finland): Hait hupenevat keittolihoiksi
  
  
• Miami Herald: Sharks Under Attack
  
  
• Sun-Sentinel: Nova scientist helps feds build case for poaching of great white sharks

2004

• ScienceNOW: Who's Your Daddy
  
  
• Shark Diver Magazine: From the Jaws of Extinction
  
  
• Florida Sea Grant: The Promise of Marine Biotechnology in Florida: Shark Protection
  
  
• Shark Diver Magazine: A Devastating Delicacy
  
  
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Sharks in Hot Water
  
  
• On Earth Magazine: CSI: Shark Fin

2003

• Miami Herald: Stingray City
  
  
• ScienCentralNews: Shark test
  
  
• Miami Herald: Dania research could help protect endangered sharks
  
  
• Miami Herald: Scientists using DNA technology to identify great white sharks
  
  
• New York Daily News: DNA test makes splash in protecting sharks
  
  
• Wildlife Conservation Society News: New DNA test for great white sharks
  
  
• Canadian Wildlife Magazine: Fingerprinting Shark-Fin Soup

2002

• Science: Stemming the Fin Trade
  
  
• BBC News: Taking the Shark out of Soup
  
  
• Science News: Clipping the Fin Trade
  
  
• New York Times: Keeping Fins on Sharks
  
  
• Conservation Magazine: First Practical Test for Monitoring Shark Trade
  
  
• Discovery Canada: Sharks: Under the fin's skin!
  
  
• New Scientist: Test to Monitor Fin Trade
  
  
• South China Morning Post: Shark Fins out of Soup and into DNA Test Tubes
  
  
• Miami Herald: Shining New Light on Stingrays

2000

• Miami Herald: Jamaican artist works to save fish, coral reefs

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