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The predation of cookie‐cutter sharks Isistius spp. upon the early life stages of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares, skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and little tunny Euthynnus alletteratus are described. New evidence suggesting a connection between commercial fishing and predation by Isistius sp. is presented, with these sharks biting tunas hooked in surface waters during daylight. The healing patterns of the wounds made by the sharks are described in detail and, although such damage is known to negatively influence market price elsewhere, it is not the case on the south‐east Brazilian coast. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The title compound, [Ag(CF3O3S)(C10H9N3)]n, is a chain polymer in which neighbouring monomeric units are related by a glide plane. The silver centre is four-coordinate; the donor atoms are one trifluoromethanesulfonate O atom and one pyridine N atom from each of two symmetry-related dipyridylamines, and an additional and unexpected Ag...C contact [2.6464 (16) A] is observed to a pyridine C atom. The chains are reinforced by one classical N-H...O and two 'weak' C-H...O hydrogen bonds.

The title compound, [Au(2)Cl(2)Fe(C(17)H(14)P)(2)], (I), contains the expected linear gold centres. The ferrocene moiety acts as a P, P'-bridging ligand, wherein the Fe atom lies on an inversion centre. The P-Au-Cl angle is 177.56 (8) degrees and bond distances Au-P and Au-Cl are 2.2261 (18) and 2.2781 (18) A, respectively. The structure is almost identical to that of the metal complex in (I).2CH(2)Cl(2) [Canales, Gimeno, Jones, Laguna & Sarroca (1997). Inorg. Chem. 36, 5206-5211], but differs considerably from that in 3(I).2CHCl(3) [Hill, Girard, McCabe, Johnson, Stupik, Zhang, Reiff & Eggleston (1989). Inorg. Chem. 28, 3529-3533], in that in the latter, the two independent molecules are linked by a short Au.Au contact.