Hammerhead

Research from University of Oregon has provided new information about biochemistry.
Chemicals & Chemistry; 12/25/2009; 879 words; ...Potential metal I Interactions with the cleavage site of a minimal hammerhead ribozyme (mHHRz) were probed using P-31 NMR-detected...Influence Metal Interactions with the Cleavage Site of the Minimal Hammerhead Ribozyme. Biochemistry, 2009;48(44):10654-10664...

Study results from C.G. Hayes et al provide new insights into fisheries research.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 936 words; ...North Atlantic Ocean population of scalloped hammerheads Sphyrna lewini (Sphymidae [hammerhead sharks]) was assessed from 1981 through...Management (Stock Assessment of Scalloped Hammerheads in the Western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf...

Wide heads give hammerheads exceptional stereo view.
NewsRx Health & Science; 12/20/2009; 881 words; ...out how wide a hammerhead's field of view...biologists.org. Hammerheads come in all shapes...with the widest hammerhead, the winghead...colossal 48 deg. The hammerheads' wide heads certainly...bonnethead and scalloped hammerheads have an excellent...think that the hammerhead would ...

UN backs ban on bluefin tuna.
M2 Presswire; 12/17/2009; 543 words; ...bluefin tuna in the east Atlantic and Mediterranean." The FAO also recommended increasing protection for porbeagle, scalloped hammerhead and oceanic white tip sharks, via the slightly less stringent Appendix II CITES listing. But we're disappointed by their...

UN-BACKED EXPERTS PROPOSE BAN IN TRADING IN ENDANGERED BLUEFIN TUNA.
States News Service; 12/14/2009; 647 words; ...also determined that sufficient evidence existed to warrant placing the oceanic whitetip shark, Porbeagle, and Scalloped hammerhead shark on Appendix II. CITES was established to protect wild species whose status is being directly affected by international...