Asian Diver – March 2018

CONTENTS

ABOVE: Silky sharks can often be

encountered in the Bahamas

IMAGE: Wayne B. Brown

Erratum

In the last issue of Scuba Diver Ocean Planet Issue 111, the above image

(page 108) was incorrectly credited to Aaron Wong. The actual photographer

is Tanya Houppermans. We apologise for this error.

MARCH 2018 •

ISSUE 1 • VOLUME 149

10 What Makes a Shark a Shark?

12 MAN & SEA

Feeding Fishermen

By Judi Lowe

16 MAN & SEA

Shark Bait: Yay or Nay?

By Brook Peterson

20 Sharkopedia

A guide to the eight extant

shark orders

22 SEAFOOD GUIDE

What’s Up with the Shark

Fin Trade

26 SEAFOOD GUIDE

Hunting a Shark Fleet

By Gary Stokes

ABOVE: Two sand tiger sharks inside the wreck of the Caribsea, a freighter sunk

by a German U-boat off the coast of North Carolina during World War II

IMAGE: Tanya Houppermans

30 FEATURE

Top 10 Sharks to Dive with

By Daniel Norwood

52 FEATURE

Saving Sharks

By Various Contributors

66 SCIENCE

Saving Tubbataha’s Tiger Sharks

By LAMAVE

70 HIGHLIGHTS

Shark Diving at Its Finest

74 ECOTOURISM

What Is Sustainable Shark Diving?

By Daniel Norwood

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