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 [...]
Shark farming is possible! As a marine biologist, public aquarium owner, fish farmer and committed shark conservationist, the possibility of shark farming comes up regularly as a way of increasing shark populations for Marine protected areas. We have bred 6 different shark species and released many. I am currently raising funds to build a shark [...]
Global shark organisations AQUALISE Nicolas Bulostin Founder, Creator, CEO Bimini Biological Field Station – Dr. Sam Gruber -Founder, Creator, CEO Global shark asessment Dr Ransom Myers The Global Shark Conservation Initiative - facebook – admins Veerle Roelandt & Julie Wright (Europe) and Susana Navajas (US) – email Greenpeace sharks – IUCN – shark specialist group [...]
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 [...]
Sharks are not on everyone’s list of cute and cuddy – having personally seen a few large sharks up close and in the wild, the words would be “awe inspiring” and “fascinating”. I wasn’t scared, at no time did I feel threatened, “honoured” would be more accurate. I would love to dive outside a cage [...]
The Kinabatangan river shark Glyphis fowleri has not been seen since 1996. It was named in 2010 from a preserved specimen. Apparently there is at least one in the UMS museum but we have not been able to find it. We have a project on what may be the worlds rarest shark to try to [...]
The results for all the data that divers, dive masters and resorts sent us. Plus the dives we did ourselves. The data is simple – each spot has minimum 10h underwater. A yellow star means no sharks seen. An orange triangle at least 1 shark was seen in 10h. Green dots = at least 1 [...]
The preliminary data June 2011 is for Where to see sharks, the locations around the world with abundant sharks. Thank you to everyone who sent in their data. Please send in more. It is obvious from the results so far that more people who have dived with big exciting sharks have sent in data than [...]
The volunteer project has been busy with surveys of reefs, sightings of eagle rays, turtles and coral planting. The biodiversity is always amazing by diving or snorkel.