PodCast #5: 3 attacks in as many days in Florida

Three attacks, 2 on the same day within 5 minutes of each other, happened over the course of a few days the later half of the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day:

PodCast#5-3 Florida attacks

PodCast #4-Shark Attacks in Florida & Australia

Weekend shark incidents in Florida, Australia and New Zealand.

PodCast4-Shark attacks in Florida and Australia

PodCast #3-Shark Fin health concerns

Concerns over whether shark fins contain toxins that could cause neurological damage to humans.
Sharkbait's Chumline #3: Shark fin toxins

Podcast #2: New York Shark Fin Ban

PodCast#2:NY Shark Fin Ban

Podcast #1: Whale Shark in Pakistan and the 2011 Shark attack statistics

http://sharkb8.podbean.com/mf/web/dxrfzg/firstchumline.m4a

The stats are in: 2011 attack profiles

The Florida Institute of Technology has released their findings from human shark interactions from last year, 2011. The total number of unprovoked attacks went down from 2010, but fatalities from wounds rose. More to follow.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/isaf/2011summary.html

Whale Shark in Pakistan

A whale shark has washed up in Karachi, Pakistan. The shark was sold for about $18,758. No size given in story found on Yahoo!: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/giant-whale-shark-washes-ashore-1328633340-slideshow/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fgiant-whale-shark-washes-ashore-1328633340-slideshow%252Fresidents-gather-whale-shark-pulled-water-cranes-found-photo-155146983.html