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  Blue shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The blue shark, Prionace glauca is a carcharhinid shark which is found in the deep waters of the world's temperate and tropical oceans.
Blue sharks are viviparous and are noted for their large litters of 25 to over 100 pups.
Blue sharks in the Pacific are generally smaller and do not exceed 2 m (6 ft).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_shark   (598 words)

  
 Silky shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, is a large pelagic shark of tropical and warm temperate seas.
The silky shark is more active, yet less aggressive than the other two big pelagic sharks, the blue shark and oceanic whitetip.
These sharks are viviparous (young fed in utero by a placental sac), with a litter size varying from 2 to 14.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silky_shark   (292 words)

  
 Blue Shark
Blue sharks normally swim very slow at the surface but can be found down to a depth of approximately 150m.
Blue sharks seem to migrate clockwise with the Gulf Stream and some have been tagged (marked) in US waters only to be recaught in Spain.
Blue sharks reach sexual maturity at 5 to 6 years of age and at a size of about 180cm (males) and 220cm (females).
www.worldshark.com /species/blue/blue.html   (407 words)

  
 Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The blue shark has a slender, sleek-looking body with a large eye and a long conical snout that is longer than the width of its mouth.
Most commercially caught blue sharks are considered bycatch and it is estimated that 10 to 20 million are killed each year, possibly having a negative impact on world populations.
Currently blue sharks are regulated in the commercial longline shark fishery on the east coast of the United States by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/Descript/BlueShark/BlueShark.html   (1303 words)

  
 RISAA Affiliate [Save The Bay - Educational Series - Blue Shark] December 2000
Sharks, skates, and rays belong to a particular group of fish called elasmobranchs, meaning their entire skeleton is made of cartilage rather than bone.
The blue shark is often seen swimming lazily at the surface, basking in the sun, and is not believed to swim to great depths.
The blue shark is highly migratory and found in all of the world's oceans.
www.risaa.org /savethebay/blue_shark.html   (464 words)

  
 SDNHM: Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)
Its upper body is dark blue, the sides are bright blue, and the belly is nearly white.
The blue shark is a pelagic, or open ocean, shark.
The blue shark is viviparous, and gives birth to live young, or pups.
www.sdnhm.org /kids/sharks/shore-to-sea/blue.html   (149 words)

  
 BLUE SHARK - Zoom Sharks
Prionace glauca, the blue shark, is a large, pelagic, indigo-colored shark.
Blue sharks are pelagic; they are found in open waters.
Blue sharks often form large, all-male or all-female schools (groups) which contain sharks that are about the same size.
www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/sharks/species/Blueshark.shtml   (443 words)

  
 Blue Shark
The blue shark has a weak keel on the caudal peduncle and the upper lobe of the caudal fin is larger than the lower.
The blue shark is a viviparous species, nourishing the young in the uterus and giving birth to live pups.
The blue shark occurs in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans in both inshore and offshore waters.
new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/sharks/species/blue.html   (477 words)

  
 Blue Shark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Blue sharks are a distinctive dark indigo blue on top, which blends to a lighter bright blue down their sides and ends with a bright white under- belly.
Blue sharks generally attain a length of 6 to 8 feet and weigh from 50 to 200 pounds.
Blue sharks are a popular sportfish in the Gulf of Maine because they are plentiful and are easy to catch.
www.state.me.us /dmr/recreational/fishes/blueshark.htm   (303 words)

  
 Blue shark
Blue sharks do not mature until they have grown to be 7 or 8 feet long, to judge from the sizes of the females that have been found with young; the longest we have handled was almost exactly 11 feet long.
This, we think, is by far the most numerous of the large, oceanic sharks; it is the one with which the sperm whalers were the most familiar; the one around which many of the superstitions about sharks have developed; and the one with which we have had to do most often.
Blues were reported near Halifax, for instance, from time to time between August 15 and October 10, 1920, some coming close in to the entrance to the Harbor.
www.gma.org /fogm/Prionace_glauca.htm   (1502 words)

  
 Australian Museum - Wild Kids - Sharks - Blue Shark
Blue Sharks eat small bony fishes, squids and the dead bodies of whales and birds.
Blue Sharks' teeth are triangular and hooked on the top jaw, and long and piercing on the bottom jaw.
Blue Sharks have been known to attack boats and humans, but they are usually just curious.
www.amonline.net.au /wild_kids/sharks/blue.htm   (185 words)

  
 Blue shark
Reports of blues in shallow water have also been made in the Boston area, and one was witnessed by a friend of mine chunk baiting stripers, inside Minots Light, Cohasset.
It is not uncommon for a Massachusetts shark tournament to have a 250 lb.
Blues are a rare catch in the U.S. coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
www.newenglandsharks.com /blue.htm   (1644 words)

  
 Blue Shark Fishing Charters - Nova Scotia Canada
Blue Shark, porbeagle, and even mako are caught every year in these parts.
When the shark is caught there is still alot of work to be done....everyone has a job to do on the boat if we are to successfully catch, measure, dehook, tag and release any shark successfully.
Blue Shark Fishing Charters is a catch and release operation.
www.bluesharkcharters.com /Fishing.htm   (500 words)

  
 Fishing for Shark, Fish Sniffer Online, Fish Pages
Blue sharks are found in open ocean world wide except in the deep tropics.
It should be skinned and soaked as soon as possible because blue sharks excrete urea through their skin and the taste must be purged from the meat.
The blue shark has course skin and tend to roll up in the line when hooked, so it is imperative that you use steel leader when fishing them.
www.fishsniffer.com /fishpage/shark.html   (627 words)

  
 Blue Shark by Wes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Blue sharks length is 6 to 13.
The Blue shark lives in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean It is probably the most common large shark seen off Canadian waters.
Blue sharks often form schools of all male or all female sharks that are about the same size.
www.crockerfarm.org /ac/gr3/animals/WesBlueShark.htm   (418 words)

  
 Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Blue sharks normally swim very slow at the surface but can be found down to a depth of approximately 150 m.
Aside from the Oceanic whitetip shark, and the Silky shark, this is probably the most abundant offshore species.
Blue sharks reach sexual maturity at 5 to 6 years of age and at a size of about 180 cm (males) and 220 cm (females).
www.shark.ch /Database/Search/species.html?sh_id=1032   (393 words)

  
 Blue Shark
The Blue shark is stunning, sleek and one of the most beautiful sharks in the ocean.
The Blue shark is an excellent scavenger and is often found at the scene of a dead Whale carcass hence it is alternatively known as the ‘Blue Whaler’ by some.
Blue sharks have a very good reproduction rate and females sometimes litter over 100 pups which are born at an approximate length of 40cm and grow up to 3.8m / 12 ½ ft when fully grown.
www.sharkbookings.com /blue-shark.html   (429 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Blue shark
Blue sharks are considered to be dangerous and are thought to be responsible for attacks on ship and air disaster victims.
The largest recorded blue shark was 3.83m, but females average 2.76m and males 2.46m.
Blue sharks are a nomadic species and can travel hundreds of miles each year.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/187.shtml   (206 words)

  
 Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)
Colour dorsally vivid cobalt blue, shading to metallic mid-blue on the flanks and white ventrally.
Blue sharks also make inshore incursions, particularly at night; juveniles may also inhabit waters less than 50m deep, such as off Portugal and within Northern Adriatic waters (both areas are nursery-zonse for this species) during the summer months.
Blue sharks are graceful, efficient slow cruisers, typically averaging 0.8km/h groundspeed over their long-distance meandering; often seen near the surface but capable of deep, gliding dives (using their long pectoral fins for minimum effort in controlling descent) in search of deep-ranging or vertically-migrating prey such as squid.
web.cyberia.net.lb /lebscuba/english/sharks/blueshark.html   (605 words)

  
 Frank Mundus' Blue Shark Recipe
When you catch that blue shark, it should be filleted as soon as possible (with the skin left on), put in plastic bags and placed on ice until you get back to the dock.
Wait until the shark meat is well frozen (in a couple of days), then a day ahead of time pull out what you want to eat.
The way I found out how to cook blue sharks was by accident: One morning I had blue shark in the freezer and decided to have it that night for supper.
www.fmundus.com /My_Blue_Shark_Recipe.html   (576 words)

  
 Blue Shark
The blue shark is a long slender shark, reaching 13 feet in length.
The shortfin mako shark is a sleek spindle shaped shark with a long conical snout.
There is marked countershading on this shark: dorsally it is a metallic indigo blue while ventrally it is white.
www.aquariussportfishing.com /shark.htm   (742 words)

  
 WhaleTimes Fishin' for Facts~Blue Shark
Blue sharks eat "almost anything." They prefer fish and squid.
Blue sharks are found all over the world in temperate and subtropical waters.
The blue shark is one of the most abundant species of sharks, but is also the most fished.
www.whaletimes.org /blueshark.htm   (210 words)

  
 Underwater Photography of a Blue Shark, Prionace glauca. Sharks cage diving
Another blue, tagged off New York City, was found 3,740 miles off the coast of Brazil, establishing for the first time that blue sharks in the Western Atlantic cross the equator.
Blue sharks usually seem merely inquisitive and shy, circling around divers and swimmers, but they have attacked people.
Blue sharks are also blamed for feeding frenzies on survivors of World War II ship sinkings.
www.brunsonimages.com /gallery/Sharks/blue_shark_11.html   (268 words)

  
 Blue Shark, Prionace glauca
The Blue Shark has a conical snout, a circular eye, and a long pectoral fin.
The Blue Shark is recognised by its distinctively coloured slender body with a conical snout, and long, scythe-like pectoral fins.
Baby Blue Sharks are nourished via a yolk sac placenta, and are born at a length of 35-50cm.
www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/pglauca.htm   (228 words)

  
 Blue sharks, blue shark diving, mako sharks. The diving was EPIC! Two, five-foot blue sharks and one, four-foot blue ...
Pelagic blue sharks are in a steady global decline due to the increased demand from the shark fin soup trade in Asian countries.
We woke to four blue sharks that were still seeking out the reward to the treats they were smelling.
Blue sharks are amazingly graceful and have a stunning indigo blue dorsal surface that is absolutely beautiful to look at.
www.sharkdivermag.com /expedition-notes-blueshark-04.html   (1031 words)

  
 California Diving News - Marine Life Encounters: Blue Shark Diving
The shark diving experience on the Aquatica dive boat is unique in that it caters to divers of nearly all ages—6 to 66 and all experience levels, including novice snorkelers.
While waiting, boat Captain Manny Koch, himself an experienced shark diver of many years, gives a thorough slide presentation in the galley that not only lets the adventurers how they will be proceeding with their experience but also gives them fascinating information about sharks, blue and otherwise.
The crew caught a small blue and, with the kids doing most of the important work (except for holding the strong shark onto the deck), he was tagged, measured and returned to the sea unharmed.
www.saintbrendan.com /Sept4/MarineLfEncounterShark.html   (963 words)

  
 Prionace glauca, Blue Shark at MarineBio.org
Blue sharks often form large, all-male or all-female schools which contain sharks that are about the same size.
Blue sharks are viviparous (the young are born live rather than from an egg).
The Blue shark is near threatened due to over-fishing.
www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=35   (505 words)

  
 Blue Shark Fishing Charters
Blue Shark Fishing Charters is a professional sport fishing charter service, providing premier salt-water fishing adventures.
We are a catch and release operation, and are proud to participate in a variety of local and international scientific shark tagging programs.
Blue Shark Fishing Charters is located in scenic Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia - a short drive from the City of Halifax.
www.bluesharkcharters.com   (205 words)

  
 New England shark species
Note: There are additional shark species in the Canyons located south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, but that area is more than 50 miles offshore and those species will not be included in the above group.
Many of the shark species found in New England are also found worldwide.
There are about 15 shark species in the New England area, and only a half dozen species that you are likely to encounter.
www.newenglandsharks.com   (721 words)

  
 Great White Shark Diving - Shark Diver - Absolute Adventures
Shark Diver has been in the business of serious adventures for over ten years.
Shark Diver is an industry leader in Safe and Sane Shark Diving ™.
Our dive crew, cages, and shark diving expertise are completely mobile and can join you and your vessel for up to 30 days at a time.
www.sharkdiver.com   (456 words)

  
 FREDDS BLUE SHARK PAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Geographic Range Oceanic Islands, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean: The blue shark inhabits tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters worldwide.
Food The blue shark prey primarily prey is fish such as anchovies, sardines, herring.
Reproduction Blue sharks are viviparous and thought to be the most prolific of the larger sharks.
www.angelfire.com /fl/sharks/bshark.html   (87 words)

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