Press Release
Received from: Caroline Robertson‑Brown | Marketing Manager | Shark Trust

The Shark Trust Great Shark Snapshot is back!

Shark Trust Great Shark Snapshot
Shark Trust

July will see the return of the Shark Trust’s citizen science initiative: The Great Shark Snapshot. It encourages divers and snorkellers, all around the world, to record the sharks and rays that they see during a 1-week period. This year it takes place between the 18th and 26th July. And the Shark Trust are asking you to dive in! 

The event is back for its 5th year, and it is happening in “Shark Month”, more commonly known as July! To coincide with a series of events that celebrate all things shark and ray.

EU Petition Calls for Slower Shipping to Protect Whales

A quarter of a million European citizens urge binding ship speed limits to cut underwater noise, collisions, and emissions.

Ecology & Science

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has delivered a petition with more than 258,000 signatures to the European Commission, calling for mandatory speed limits for commercial vessels in EU waters. Advocates say slower speeds would significantly reduce underwater noise, protect whales and dolphins from ship strikes, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Press Release
Received from: Jasmine Corbett I Manta Trust Media and Communications Manager

Dive With Purpose: The Manta Trust Launches Transformative Volunteer Time Expeditions

Manta Trust

Imagine if your employees could swap their desks for pristine dive sites, contribute to vital marine conservation, and still earn their salary. 

The Manta Trust, a global leader in manta ray conservation, is offering forward-thinking companies an extraordinary opportunity to combine corporate social responsibility with life-changing team-building experiences. 

Press Release
Received from: Great Southern Reef Foundation

Revealing the Urgent Fight to Save Tasmania's Giant Kelp Forests: New Documentary "Reviving Giants" Premieres

This compelling ten-minute film dives deep into the urgent mission to restore Tasmania's rapidly declining kelp forests, a direct casualty of climate change. The documentary follows the life and work of Mick Baron and Karen Gowlett-Holmes, owners of the Eaglehawk Dive Centre, who have been front-line witnesses and activists to the massive destruction of the giant kelp forests.

UK 'Ghost Gear Coalition' formed to reduce diving team response time

Members of the public are becoming more aware of 'Ghost gear' or ALDFG (abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear) and wondering how to report it.

Fathoms Free, Ghost Diving UK, Ghost Fishing, NARC, Sea Shepherd, Ghostnet campaign, discarded fishing gear, crab pots
Dive Industry News and Matters
Ghost Diving

The solution is straightforward, if you have the relevant knowledge at your fingertips. Just contact one of the many NGOs around the world, such as 'Ghost Diving', who work to combat this problem internationally, and let them know the details of the ghost gear that needs to be recovered. 

Ghost fishing gear is everywhere, but so are we! Pascal van Erp, founder Ghost Diving

Adopt a coral during lockdown

With "Adopt a coral"""", the Coral Guardian, an NGO, offers you the option of adopting a coral for 30€ on their website. Your coral is transplanted onto coral reefs that have been previously destroyed due to global warming and human activities"""

Ecology & Science

Corals are essential to the balance of the planet, but today they are threatened with extinction.  Thanks to restoration efforts as well as the construction of unique artificial reefs, dedicated to the rehabilitation of coral reefs in damaged areas, we make possible the return of lost biodiversity in this environment.

Divers for Sharks : We Want Our Sharks Alive!

Divers for Sharks, a global initiative based in Brazil, has sent out a plea for help to ocean lovers. If you, too, want sharks alive, please add your voice to the demand that two key protected areas be established where their populations may have a chance to recover.

Japan/China/Taiwan : Stop killing our sharks!
Ecology & Science

The global trade in shark fins has decimated sharks everywhere, but some countries moved quickly to protect their animals. In Brazil, however, not only have sharks and rays received no protection, but fishing industry tycoons have been given free rein to slaughter them. The shark fin exports to Asia continue to be legal, as the trade in shark fins serves as cover-up for shipments of other types of illicit contraband. 

Marine-mammal rescue facility in Florida heading for foreclosure

A three-acre Key Largo property intended to serve as Marine Mammal Conservancy's permanent base to treat sick or stranded marine mammals could be sold in a foreclosure auction Jan. 8, KeysNet reports

Ecology & Science

The all-volunteer MMC spearheaded several rescue efforts of dolphins and small whales that drew international news coverage over the past 20 years, most recently after a 2011 mass stranding of pilot whales in the Lower Keys.

Legal advertisements published in The Reporter this month say the former MMC property will be sold at public auction at 11 a.m. Jan. 8 on the front steps of the Monroe County courthouse on Key West's Whitehead Street.

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