The situation for shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic Ocean is particularly dire. Populations are currently managed as two assumed separate populations (or stocks), with fishery-based assessments ...

A look is about all fishermen are allowed of a shortfin mako shark at the moment because the moratorium on their harvest remains in effect. NOAA placed the moratorium on mako in July 2022, based on ...

However, when scientists came across a 10-foot shortfin mako shark in the gulf, they had to look twice. It appeared that there was something attached to the shark's head. But, as Rochelle ...

Not mako shark large, though. Also known as the blue pointer or bonito shark, the shortfin mako can be up to four meters long and 570 kilograms.

Scientists discover a genetic lifeline for the endangered shortfin mako shark The shortfin mako shark is being fished to extinction, but genetics show that diversity in Atlantic populations ...

The team was off the Northern coast of New Zealand in the Hauraki Gulf in 2023 when they spotted a shortfin mako shark with an orange blob attached to its back.

They are the largest octopus in the Southern Hemisphere. Even riding a huge predator like the shark, a shortfin mako, this hitchhiker occupied a lot of room.

Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region.

Scientists tracked the movements of a large pregnant porbeagle shark for months. Then, its tag floated to the ocean surface, suggesting a larger shark had eaten it.

Fishermen on the Queen Mary party boat out of Manasquan Inlet got a surprise visit from a mako shark that stole one of their sea bass off the hook.