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Giant Octopus Grabs Seagull |
17 May 2012
A giant Pacific octopus grabs a seagull at the Ogden Point breakwater
VICTORIA,BC, Canada
Ginger Morneau of Langford, a suburb of Victoria, BC was out on the breakwater with her husband, Ken, and her brother, Lou Barker, when something at the water’s edge caught her eye. She’s an...
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Promoting Change Through Petitions - Remove the Nets |
14 May 2012
by Shalini Tewari
Change.org is a website created to promote social change through petitions. It was launched in 2007 and has been growing rapidly. Last month, the site became 10 million members strong and it is currently the fastest-growing social action platform on the web. They recei...
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Paddle Out - After the Event |
9 May 2012
PRESS RELEASE
Report on the Paddle for Sharks event, Sunday 6th May, Scottburgh
Image by Alan Walker
At first light on the 6th of May 2012, over 100 people gathered on dive boats, jet skis and surfboards at the shark nets off Scottburgh. In the surfer’s tradition of a “padd...
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Dubai Underwater Hotel |
8 May 2012
A long-awaited undersea hotel in Dubai looks finally set to be built, after an agreement to develop it was unveiled this week.
The Water Discus Hotel won’t be totally submerged but will be a disc-like structure with part of the building above water and the rest below the surface.
The 21 ...
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Paddle Out for Sharks |
3 May 2012
"There is a custom within the surfing world that when a member of the surf community dies all his friends throw him, or her, a “paddle out.” A paddle out is sort of like a surfers version of a funeral. Everyone paddles out beyond the persons favorite local surf bre...
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Shark Surfing |
3 May 2012
Two men filmed a friend surfing on the carcass of a dead Thresher shark that was being towed behind their boat, and then posted it on Facebook.
The video was taken by Mark Collins in the Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, and showed his friend, Eddie Bithell surfing on the body of the shark, whi...
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A Chum Slick of Deceit |
2 May 2012
A Chum Slick of Deceit
By Chris Fallows for AfriOceans Conservation Alliance
To help protect sharks, sign the petition here.
April 1991 was a momentous time for great white sharks in South Africa and for that matter all around the world. It was the first time any country had had...
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Media Release on shark attack and OCEARCH project |
26 April 2012
The following is a Media Release sent out by the City of Cape Town regarding the recent shark attack and involvement of the OCEARCH project:
As a result of the incident at Kogel Bay beach yesterday, 19 April 2012, the City of Cape Town has compiled a report of the incident which...
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Deep Freedive For Sharks |
26 April 2012
Shark Warrior inspires Champion Freediver to venture into extreme pelagic depths to help save our sharks.
Trevor Hutton, a South African freediving champion and former world record holder, and Lesley Rochat, Executive Director of AfriOceans Conservation Alliance, also known as the Shark W...
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Tiger Sharks Killed in Nets - Finding a Solution |
19 April 2012
Recent news about the capture and death of several tiger sharks caught in nets along the Natal coast has people asking questions. What happened? How did it happen? How many were caught and how many were released? Why did this happen?
The Dive Site set out to find the answers. We contacted the...
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