The sighting “highlights the importance of modern, cost-effective technologies to survey the deep sea and locate these lost sharks before they vanish.” ...

"The sooner the better." Government enforces strict new legislation banning shark fishing in popular waters: 'It's alarming' ...

The whitefin swellshark (Cephaloscyllium albipinnum) is a species of catshark found in deeper waters just off Australia's south and east coasts. Its precise population numbers are uncertain ...

The whitefin swellshark has been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Critically Endangered for a number of years due to declines largely attributed to fishing ...

There is predicted to be an area within the Great Australian Bight that could offer whitefin swellshark populations refuge, with favorable ocean conditions and sources of the food they need to ...