This project falls under SHARKLIFE MAIN OBJECTIVE: Through scientific research, education and awareness bring about positive change to the current destructive trends of ocean exploitation. The study aims to assess biodiversity, species richness, acoustic diversity in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (ISWP)
This project falls under SHARKLIFE MAIN OBJECTIVE: Through scientific research, education and awareness bring about positive change to the current destructive trends of ocean exploitation. The aim of this study is to build baseline ecological data for elasmobranch species found in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (ISWP)
This project falls under SHARKLIFE MAIN OBJECTIVE: Through scientific research, education and awareness bring about positive change to the current destructive trends of ocean exploitation. Identifying key conservation areas and movement patterns of pregnant Carcharias taurus in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE MAIN OBJECTIVE: Through scientific research, education and awareness bring about positive change to the current destructive trends of ocean exploitation. The aim of this study is to describe the ecology and population dynamics of non-nesting sea turtles found in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (ISWP)
This project falls under SHARKLIFE AIM No. 2: Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE Aim 1: To develop a compassionate desire to conserve sharks by altering public misconceptions about sharks and replacing the "Jaws" syndrome with positive understanding and respect.
This project falls under the SHARKLIFE MAIN OBJECTIVE: Through scientific research, education and awareness bring about positive change to the current destructive trends of ocean exploitation.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE AIM No. 2: Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices. The Sharklife Ocean Center is a platform from which to educate people about the importance of conserving the ocean and its apex predators.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE AIM No. 2: Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices. Shedding the light on Shark Finning: Sharklife, in collaboration with the Endangered Wildlife Trust and their advertising agency, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, created a great shark awareness project. It is imperative that we highlight the brutal act of shark finning, which is practiced all over the world. Many sharks are caught solely for their fins and their carcasses tossed back into the water.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE AIM No. 2: Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices. Annually an estimated 100million sharks are harvested for cartilage, liver oil and other products (2). Shark cartilage is primarily used in shark fin soup, an expensive traditional delicacy served in many Asian countries. Shark cartilage is also a source of Chondroitin Sulfate (CS), a main ingredient in osteoarthritic supplements traded on the nutraceutical market. CS is also sourced from beef (bovine), pork (porcine), chicken (avian), and other mammalians (1)
This project falls under SHARKLIFE Aim 3: Increase marine tourism and transform shark populations into a sustainable living resource by developing educational ocean experiences for all South African’s.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE AIM No. 2: Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices. Shark netting programs are highly impact-full on a number of marine species, the reduction of netting effort will reduce the negative impacts caused by these devices.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE AIM No. 2: Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices. The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and South African Marine Protected Area. It would be a prudent, precautionary approach to afford more protection to sensitive marine mega fauna, particularly breeding females, within the site.
This project falls under SHARKLIFE AIM No. 2: Reduce anthropogenic threats to over exploited marine species by increasing awareness and encouraging sustainable seafood choices.
Sharklife Ocean Center
Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu Natal
South Africa 3974
www.sharklife.co.za