shark 786. mediterranean 728. sharks … To meet sharks in the Mediterranean is unfortunately more than unlikely, even if the stocks seem to recover very slowly. Main Sharks of the Mediterranean. Black sharks also occur on the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal. Most sharks are found around 2,000 meters (7,000 feet) below sea level, in warm environments, but they can also be seen in shallow waters.

ISBN 10: 1476663572 File: PDF, 109.41 MB Preview Save for later . Sharks do not usually live in fresh waters, but there are exceptions: the river shark and the bull shark. So far, the numbers are still disastrous: While worldwide 17 percent of all shark species are in acute danger of extinction, in the Mediterranean Sea between Gibraltar and Israel it is a whopping 57 percent of shark species that are highly endangered due to overfishing. Sharks of the Mediterranean Alessandro De Maddalena. Yes, there are sharks in the Mediterranean Sea: seldom seen, and even more seldom coming anywhere close to people.

Some species are directly targeted and find their way to the market, while much of the rest is caught as bycatch (unwanted catch) and simply tossed back into the sea to die. Probably the 2-3 meters long fish immigrated to the Mediterranean only in the last decades. However, they have also been sighted as far as northern Italy and France. Two Mediterranean countries stand way ahead of the others in catching sharks: Libya (4,260 tonnes) and Tunisia (4,161 tonnes) report around three times as much as Italy (1,347 tonnes) and Egypt (1,141 tonnes). It covers a massive 965,000 square miles, and its warm waters are home to at least 47 different species of shark, at least 15 of which could be dangerous to humans.

Silky shark: The silk shark was only found in recent years in the Mediterranean. Most frequently terms .

Of the three 'major' killing species - the Tiger, Bull and Great White sharks - only the Bull shark has not been found in the Mediterranean.

Year: 2015 Publisher: McFarland Language: english Pages: 235. Scientists have hailed as “historic” the first sighting in Spanish waters for at least three decades of what is thought to be a critically endangered great white shark.