The shark trade is a thriving industry in the Arabian Peninsula. Last week, the European Union voted to tighten shark-fishing regulations. LightBox presents Thomas P. Peshak's photographs of the ...

“Before 2001, whale sharks in the northern Arabian Sea and along the Indian state of Gujarat were subject to targeted fisheries that hunted these animals for their fins, skin and meat.

Abu Dhabi: The Arabian Sea and adjacent waters are home to some of the most threatened chondrichthyan fish (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) populations in the world, according to a study.

T wo dozen Arabian carpet sharks and three honeycomb stingrays were successfully released back into the Arabian Sea on Thursday morning. Considered endangered, both species’ return to the sea ...

Half of the sharks, rays, and chimaeras in the Arabian Sea are at risk of extinction, according to research by the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD).The results of the 2017 IUCN Regional Red List ...

Researchers said they named the new species after co-author Bineesh K.K.’s daughter, Hima. So far, Indian spurdog sharks have been found in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala, the study said.

Other scientists will travel far from home, to places that include the Arabian Sea and the borderlands of Turkey. Here are 11 scientists, spanning the map and the research spectrum.

India And Oman To Study Sharks In Arabian Sea. KOCHI, (IANS) – A joint initiative between India and Oman to boost research and conservation of sharks and rays in the Arabian Sea will be launched ...

Ahmedabad: A 28-foot whale shark tagged with a tracker in December completed a 4,000-kilometre journey across the Arabian Sea over 100 days and circled back to the starting point off the Gujarat ...

A fishing trawler in the Arabian Sea, around 40-50 km off Colaba, netted a whale shark, weighing nearly 2,000 kg, on Tuesday night. The fishermen left the fish along with the net near the Sassoon ...

Abu Dhabi: The Arabian Sea and adjacent waters are home to some of the most threatened chondrichthyan fish (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) populations in the world, according to a study. The results ...