News Digest – November

This month’s news highlights important discoveries in the shark world. Scientists found a “Shark Highway” near Palmyra Atoll, where sharks travel via a WWII-era channel. An incredibly rare ghostly white shark was discovered off the coast of Albania, marking a unique event. However, a major international effort to stop shark finning faced opposition from Japan and China at the ICCAT meeting, though there were some new protections established for other ocean species.