Shark Bytes!
Sharky Bytes All the Sharky News that is Fit to Print Produced by: Brandon Bethea and Lisa Kubotera 1. Shark eDNA Study Could Be Conservation ‘Game-Changer’ Professor Mariani and research partner, Judith Bakker, from the University of Salford, are working on a new method of data collection on shark populations. Organisms, humans and sharks alike, are composed of […]
Shark Bytes!
Sharky Bytes All the Sharky News that is Fit to Print Produced by: Brandon Bethea and Lisa Kubotera Less than one week left until Discovery’s Shark Week! Can’t control your excitement? Need to find a way to pass the time? Take a look at some fascinating recent stories that our Sea Save team has collected! 1. Shark Deterrent Research […]
What Lurks Beneath: 5 Freaky Sharks That Own the Ocean
Today we’re counting down the top five freakiest sharks that cruise the seas. Take a peek at some of the incredible creatures that share our planet! 5. Thresher Shark At a head-on glance, this shark looks pretty average. No funky-shaped head or gigantic mouth with gleaming daggers. But when the sharks turns, you see it: […]
Shopaholics and Sharkaholics Unite – For a Good Cause
It’s late at night. You’re sipping wine and basking in the glow of your laptop screen. You’ve just added another guilty pleasure to your Amazon cart: a new SCUBA mask, a pair of stiletto boots, all six seasons of that TV show you’ll never admit to watching. Your cursor is hovering over the “Place Your […]
Cebu Pacific Airlines Bans Shark Fin Transport
By Moira Roth & Georgienne Bradley The Philippines’ largest air transportation company, Cebu Pacific Air, has announced that it is banning shark fin cargo and will no longer serve shark fin soup inflight. Take a “deeper” look here to see why the company decided to implement this change, and what it means for ocean […]
Great White Shark Attack – Media Spin Distorts Truth
Today’s newspapers are headlining this week’s Great White Shark attack in Manhattan Beach. “Great White Shark Attacks Swimmer” “Beach Swimmers Beware” are headlines that seem to be plucked from the pages of Peter Benchley’s “Jaws”. Deeply buried in the articles are the facts. The shark hooked on a fishing line. As the fishermen yelped and […]
The Power of a Petition: Singapore Air Rejects Shipments of Shark Fin
Asia has long been known as a hotbed for the exotic animal trade but has received global infamy for it’s role in the rise and support of the shark fin industry. Shark fin soup has been considered a delicacy in Asia since ancient times and even in the present day, many still consider shark fin […]
5 Changes YOU can make to help Protect the Ocean
The threats faced by our ocean at times seem overwhelming. Organizations like Sea Save Foundation have made considerable difference in conserving the ocean. But in the face of pollution, overfishing and other daunting problems, it’d make me wonder ‘What role can I – an individual – play in conserving these vast water bodies?’ Just like […]
China Outlaws the Consumption of Rare Animals Products
Photo: Luca Tettoni/Robert Harding World Imagery/Corbis Recent decisions in China have now made it punishable by law to consume or knowingly purchase the biproduct of an endangered animal. As a country with a questionable track record in preservation, this puts China at the top of the list as conservation pioneer in the Asian world. China has always been major hub […]
Sea Save Foundation at ADEX
Sea Save Foundation team at ADEX – From back left to right Joanne Healy, Brian Stelmar, Jay Ireland, Carolina Dratva, Paige Henderson, Georgienne Bradley and Lynda Whitbread This April, the Sea Save Foundation team took a part in the 2014 Asian Dive Expo (ADEX), held in Singapore. Our group was highly successful in engaging the community and bringing global […]
