Sharks will soon have some strong allies to help protect them in Malaysia. Datuk Simon Foong, owner of Aquaria KLCC is a committed conservationist and with TRACC as a partner is starting a campaign to protect sharks in Malaysia. With broad campaign objectives the launch of the campaign on 18th Nov 2011 could be the [...]
The sharks have been around since before the dinosaurs, they have been swimming the world’s oceans for more than 400 million years. They watched the dinosaurs come and go, they survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs, but in 50 years we have reduced sharks to critically low numbers. They simply cannot survive overexploitation [...]
The slaughter of sharks and now, mantas for shark fin soup is relentless. The globally decimated shark populations around the region is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup. Found in coastal waters throughout the world, rays present an easy target as [...]