Recent Posts Tagged With 'shark conservation usa'

• 2009 - CNN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE SHARK ENDS

  Posted on Thursday December 31st, 2009 at 19:26 in shark protection, shark reasearch, shark-free marinas initiative, shark science, shark politics, shark conservervation, shark conservation usa, shark conservation worldwide

  As this decade closes CNN has a nice wrap up story on shark conservation and some of the highlights of the 2009 "International Year of the Shark."We could not have summed up a year in shark conservation any better.Kudos to all who participated with u...

• GSI - A New Tool For Shark Conservation?

  Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 09:59 in shark blogging, shark conservation change, shark conservervation, shark conservation usa, shark conservation worldwide, shark blogs

  As we say farewell to 2009 and hello to 2010, new tools are becoming available for shark conservation. Soon the issue of shark fins will be changed from a "cultural issue" to an "endangered species trafficking issue."It's all in the DNA:Millions of s...

• Shark Conservation Wake Up Call - 14.9oz

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 15:44 in politics, politician, commercial shark diving, shark conservation change, shark conservation usa

  Question: What costs $36.89 for 14.9 ounces of canned product?As I came to discover this week it's a can of Shark Fin Soup made in Taiwan and sold in a corner market in San Francisco.San Francisco is a major hub for shark fin activity and thousands o...

• SharkDiver.com - Rangefinder Magazine

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 11:26 in shark conservation, shardiver.com, shark picture, shark news and views, shark conservation usa, shark blog

  Last month Rangefinder Magazine featured Shark Diver at Isla Guadalupe in a conservation themed article by Jim Cornfield.Article here.About RangefinderRangefinder is the premier monthly magazine for the professional photographer. Each month Rangefind...

• Vero Beach Municipal Marina now a Shark Free Marina

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 14:13 in shark blogging, shark free marinas, shark conservation usa, shark conservation worldwide

  Vero Beach Municipal Marina in Florida is now registered as a Shark Free Marina. The mission of the Vero Beach Municipal Marina is to provide efficient first class service at reasonable cost to resident and visiting boaters in a manner that reflects ...

• Shark Conservation - Making Long Bets

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 13:40 in shark free marinas, eco news sharks news, wild animal production, shark eco news, shark conservation usa

  FORT MYERS, Florida -- Jack Donlon, original founder of The Ultimate Shark Challenge Tournament Series, and his co-directors, Sean Paxton and Brooks Paxton II, have teamed up with renowned marine wildlife artist, scientist and conservationist Dr. Guy...

• That\'s one small step for sharks...

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 16:16 in Government, ground breaking, gov, gotcha, shark blogging, media shark media, shark conservation usa, shark conservation worldwide

  Senate Committee Passes Bill to End Shark Finning in U.S.WASHINGTON, November 19, 2009 - Oceana commends the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today for passing the Shark Conservation Act of 2009."Shark management in the U.S. has ...

• Farallones - "Striped Bass and Dentistry?"

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 15:32 in ABC, accident, shark conservation, mexico shark research, shark catch and release, shark conservation usa, mexico’s guadalupe island biosphere reserve

  When does the disastrous hooking of a great white shark and the application of industrial bolt cutters to "save it" get referred to as a "dental procedure" or catching a "striped bass?"Only in the ongoing and increasingly strange world of shark resea...

• Philopatry and migration of Pacific white sharks

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 09:59 in san francisco, marine biology, great white sharks, shark blogging, hawaii shark encounters, fish science, shark conservation usa, shark conservation worldwide

  Fascinating reading coming from The Proceedings of The Royal Society this week (click on image) with tracking/DNA data from a multi year effort at the Farallons, Point Reyes and Ano Nuevo off the coast of California.Paper Highlights"Hawaii is likely ...

• Blue Bloggers Welcome Sean Paxton

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 16:01 in shark conservation, sea news, shark conservation change, pro shark campaign, media vs sharks, media shark media, shark conservation usa, "zowie kapowie"

  "Juggling sharks, chainsaws and bowling balls is a personal metaphor adopted for my life and all the opportunity and challenge that makes it worthwhile. In reality, sharks do consume large portions of my time and energy, but it's the connected totali...

• Sport Diver Magazine - SharkDiver.com

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 22:01 in guadalupe, eco tourism, eco news, great white sharks, shardiver.com, shark diving industry trends, shark diving news, shark conservation usa, shark conservation worldwide, shark blog

  This month outdoor writer Jim Cornfield covered Isla Guadalupe, Mexico and Shark Diver for Sport Diver Magazine.The article was a short update to Isla Guadalupe and commercial shark diving with several industry quotes from CEO Patric Douglas:"Site st...

• Oceanic Defense - Filling a media niche

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 10:32 in shark fining, shark media, shark conservation usa, shark diving conservation, shark-free marinas, shark conservation worldwide

  As shark diving and long standing conservation media guys we're always on the watch for new and innovative ways to get a media message out to the public.The media landscape in the past three years has changed dramatically. The addition of new media a...

• Shark Free Marinas - Captain Slate’s Atlantis Dive Center

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 19:03 in shark conservation, shark free marinas, shark free marinas initiative, shark conservation usa, shark conservation worldwide

  From the Shark Free Marinas Blog, more good news from Florida:Another day another marina. This time it’s Captain Slates dive center, home to passionate scuba divers from all over Florida and a marina dock that services it’s boats. As a potential ...

• Bogus Anti-Cancer Chews for Doggies?

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 18:56 in shark conservation, shark blood cancer cure, shark discovery, shark disaster, shark conservation usa

  Here's the website link and here's the product description, selling the dried spines of Thresher Sharks as an anti-cancer treatment for your doggie. ...

• Shark Conservation Messaging, Fiji, Imagine

  Posted on Thursday August 13th, 2009 at 09:37 in www.fiji-sharks.com, shark fishing, shark conservation, bad blog, shark fining, shark conservation change, beqa divers, shark conservation usa, bad conservation idea

  We have been continually impressed with the ongoing commercial shark diving and conservation efforts of Beqa Adventure Divers in Fiji. They have been innovative leaders in the community.From set aside regional shark reef reserves, to refusing Shark P...