What about those great white sharks of the Mediterranean?
UTRECHT (THE NETHERLANDS)- Not many of the millions of sunseekers that flock the Mediterranean coasts of France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Croacia every year, realize that they share the waters with the most feared of all sharks: the great white. Yes this awesome apex predator does inhabit the clear blueContinue Reading
Dutch kids raise over 621.000 euro for sharks
HILVERSUM (THE NETHERLANDS)- This weekend over 10.000 Dutch children came to the TV studios in the city of Hilversum to donate money for the protection of sharks worldwide in an 10 hour long TV-marathon. They raised a total of 621.780 euro. In the past months the kids have been raisingContinue Reading
China’s biggest airline says no to shark fin trade
GUANGZHOU (China)- Based in the city of Guangzhou, the world’s largest trading hub for shark fins, China Southern Airlines has banned shark fin shipments and promised to “actively participate” in animal conservation. China Southern’s ban will no doubt send a strong message to the many Guangzhou shark fin traders thatContinue Reading
Ocearch concludes shark research in Northern Atlantic
PARK CITY (USA)- Eleven sharks tagged by Ocearch.org have surfaced off the Atlantic coasts of the US states of South Carolina and Georgia in the past few days, sending their location information via satellite to the organization that tracks them. It’s a regular shark party!!! Great whites and tiger sharks Ocearch, a globally recognizedContinue Reading
Sharks are worth more alive than dead. A lot more.
WASHINGTON (USA)- Last year shark diving tourism generated over $221 million in revenue and fueled over 3,700 jobs in the southern state of Florida, according to an independent report, commissioned by Oceana. The report highlights the stark contrast between the value of sharks to Florida’s dive industry ($221 million) and the total U.S.Continue Reading
Shark populations Atlantic Ocean on the rebound
JACKSONVILLE (USA)- The shark populations of the Atlantic waters of the US coast are rebounding, so say scientists of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In the early 1990s, shark populations had declined to dangerously low levels due to overfishing and lack of a management plan. To respond, theContinue Reading
Sea Shepherd discovers large shipments of shark fins in Hong Kong
Large shipments of shark fins are still arriving in Hong Kong on airlines and shipping lines that have made ‘No Shark Fin’ carriage ban commitments. The fins are labelled as ‘seafood’ or ‘fish’. This is the conclusion of a three-month investigation by Sea Shepherd Global, as part of their global sharkContinue Reading