Porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus [Photo: Malcolm Francis] We subdivided the assessment into five subpopulations by longitude: Western Atlantic Ocean; Eastern Atlantic/Western Indian Ocean; Eastern Indian ...

New Zealand is among the world's top 10 nations for killing and exporting sharks, including several species being considered for global protection. The revelation is made in a report to the ...

The porbeagle shark - Lamna nasus in Latin - is classed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as vulnerable in the north east Atlantic.

The sharks, which have the scientific name Lamna nasus, are usually seen in the summer months, between June and September, when they venture out for feeding.

The North Sea, bordered by the UK, Scandinavia, and continental Europe, has experienced some of the most dramatic shifts in shark populations. Species like the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) and blue ...

A two-metre shark was spotted swimming in the sea near beach in Wales. The juvenile Porbeagle shark was seen at Aberystwyth's north beach on Friday evening, May 2.

a) Silhouettes of the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), and the common porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in lateral (gray) and dorsoventral (black) views. b) ...

Sharks Found in the North Sea 1. Porbeagle Shark (Lamna nasus) Previously known as the mackerel shark, the porbeagle is present year-round in the North Sea. ©NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection, ...

In the sea, a pregnant portbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) got gobbled up by another shark — likely a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) or a shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus).

Abstract Despite their worldwide distribution, the occurrence of Lamnidae species in tropical zones remain poorly understood. In the Equatorial Southwestern Atlantic, the Shortfin Mako, Isurus ...