After returning from London last week one of the first emails I received was a link to the Dive Site’s blog post about the sevengill sharks that were being caught for their livers for the white shark cage diving industry. Since I was already working with the media on a piece about our lobbying progress,…
Category Archives: AfriOceans
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Apr
Apr
Tears poured down her face as she caught my eye as if to say: “This is so, so sad and incredibly cruel and it pains me to watch it.” She was a young, attractive Asian-looking woman, sitting one row back from the front, watching my film ‘Sharks in Deep Trouble’ which I presented at the…
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Mar
Mar
When I became a shark conservationist over a decade ago sharks were not in vogue as self-promoting marketing tools, nor considered to be in any real danger of extinction and therefore not worth conserving. As a freelance environmental journalist I knew differently. Not happy with my career at the time, I was on a spiritual…
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Mar
Mar
Surrounded by lemon sharks, tiger sharks, nurse sharks, reef sharks, and playing with spotted dolphins in the gin clear, azure blue ocean of the Bahamas, against the backdrop of postcard sunsets, shared with wonderful people from all corners of the globe, was my recent privilege enjoyed. This exciting photographic expedition was all part of the…
AfriOceans, Conservation, Rethink the Predator, Rethink the Shark
Keep the oceans clean. Another compelling PSA from AfriOceans !
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Feb
Feb
[youtube url=”http://youtu.be/hxOKQv4Kksc” autohide=”0″] I have learnt that when you do good, good follows. It is a law of the Universe. So it was with Kelsey Egan, a lovely young, motivated and talented film producer and director who, having been inspired by the work we are doing at AfriOceans, approached me about a public service announcement…
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Feb
Feb
So the question on my mind as the wind whips a slight chill against my skin and dreaded sand particles onto my cameras is why are there so many different types of dead animals washed up along this short 300m stretch of coast? A 2.5m blacktip shark lies partly buried in the sand creating a…
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Feb
Feb
I have always had a deep love for Nature and animals of all kinds. As a child I would spend hours tracking ants, patiently observing tiny fish in rock pools, which I mastered the art of catching with my little hands, and I always had a pet. They were a colourful collection of animal souls:…
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Dec
Dec
2010 comes to an end as one of the most difficult, yet liberating year’s of my life. I have worked hard, achieved much against many odds, and learnt a great deal, in particular about people and the business of shark conservation. It’s been over a month that I blogged and I know I let down…
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Nov
Nov
Oh boy, but has it been a hectic while and a half! It began weeks ago and got worse before it got better when I arrived at the airport to leave for London to attend the Ocean Geographic ‘An Unforgettable Evening’ with Michael Aw, Leandro Blanc and David Doubilet at the London Zoo; to squeeze…
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Oct
Oct
What a week! It started in fact on Friday last week when I got a call alerting me to the secretive process within South African National Parks (SANP) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to open sections of the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area (MPA) to fishing, and continued apace with National Marine Week and…