GHRI Research In The News

PRINT AND WEB NEWS COVERAGE

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

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

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

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)
   Wilmington Star (NC)
   LeadingtheCharge.com (Australia)
   Bradenton Herald (FL)
   The Ledger (FL)
   Worcester Telegram (MA)
   Press of Atlantic City (NJ)
   Town Hall (DC)
   Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN)
   The State (SC)
   Biloxi Sun Herald (MS)
   KSL-TV (UT)
   Wilmington Morning Star (NC)
   Charleston Post Courier (SC)
   Houston Chronicle (TX)
   Arizona Central.com (AZ)
   The Globe and Mail (Canada)
   The Guardian (UK)
   The New Zealand Royal Society Daily News
   Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA)
   Newsday (NY)
   Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (IN)
   ContraCosta Times (CA)
   Twin Cities Pioneer-Press (MN)
   Times Daily (AL)
   Fort Worth Star Telegram (TX)
   Monterey County Herald (CA)

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

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

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

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

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

TV AND RADIO
NEWS COVERAGE


Fish DNA Detective Looks At
What's On The Menu
NPR

(.mp3 format, 2.6Mb)


Restaurant Fish CSI
NPR

(.mp3 format, 2.4Mb)


NBC News Kansas City:
"Investigators: Restaurants Caught Substituting"


WCNC-North Carolina
"More restaurants caught in fish-switch"


CBS 4
"Shark's 'Virgin Birth' In
Omaha Surprises Experts"


WCNC-North Carolina
"Restaurants serving cheaper
fish as red snapper"


CBS2-Los Angeles
"Suspicious about
your sushi?"


NBC 6
"Catch of the Day?"


CBS 4
"I-Team Investigation:
A Fishy Situation


CBS 4
"Using DNA to Save
Great White Sharks"


WPLG News Broadcast
"Down to Earth"


"A Modern-Day
Immaculate Conception"
National Geographic
News Podcast

(.mp3 format, 3.2Mb)


A Very Special Shark
Gives Birth
NPR

(.mp3 format, 5.1Mb)


Captive shark had
'virgin birth'
BBC News

(.mp3 format, 3.4Mb)


'Ghost Fish' Revelation May
Alter Marlin's Status
NPR-All Things Considered

(.mp3 format, 5Mb)


GHRI scientist helps federal
officials in shark finning investigation
NPR-WXEL Sun-Sentinel News

(.mp3 format, 1.1Mb)


Do We Have Enough Sharks?
KMOX 1120 AM (St. Louis)

(.mp3 format, 1.7Mb)


NBC 6 Ecowatch broadcast
on shark finning



Shark fin soup is a popular food in Asia, and scientists fear that sharks have been overfished to feed the demands for that delicacy. But a new genetic test could help officials keep track of the shark fin trade.Audio episode from Science Update, January 9, 2003

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Photo credits: (Southern stingray and Blue marlin) © Guy Harvey; (Shark fins) © S. Clarke