[doptg id=”18″] Why do I swim with sharks? This is a question the media and people in general ask me all the time. Of course it is a loaded question, the subtext being, how can you swim with man-eaters, don’t you know they might kill you?! So no, I don’t have a death wish, and…
Category Archives: Sharks in Deep Trouble
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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…
Awards, Conservation, Sharks in Deep Trouble
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Sharks in Deep Trouble Wins its SEVENTH AWARD!
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Apr
Apr
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD FOR SHARKS IN DEEP TROUBLE AT THE BENEATH THE WAVES FESTIVAL. Watch this award winning documentary. Warning: not for sensitive viewers. [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/Uo8K1-BVtNw” autohide=”0″] 1. Conservation Message Award, Montana Cine International Film Festival 2008. 2. Honorary Conservation Message Award, 3. Honorary Investigative Journalism Award, 32 International Wildlife…
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Apr
Apr
[one_half]While I was working till the early hours documenting CITES, Sharks in Deep Trouble continued to help me spread the word on the other side of the world: it was screened at the Beneath the Waves Film Festival and it was voted “Best of Festival”. A huge thanks to Austin Gallagher, a fish biologist who specializes in…
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Mar
Mar
Some good things have come out of CITES despite all the disappointments, like the elies today, and the little frogs the other, and then making new friends who support what you do. This cartoon was done for me by Shujaat Ali, a gifted political cartoonist for Aljazeera Network who came to the screening of Sharks…
AfriOceans, AfriOceans Warriors, Conservation, Rethink the Shark, Sharks in Deep Trouble
The AfriOceans Warriors a New African Tribe, Emerges!
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Jan
Jan
[youtube url=”http://youtu.be/UOsrrJYs0v0″ autohide=”0″] AfriOceans Conservation is well known for its ability to create award winning awareness initiatives which have reached millions worldwide. We did it with our Panda award winning RETHINK THE SHARK campaign, we it did it with our award winning film, SHARKS IN DEEP TROUBLE, and now we do it again with another unique initiative,…
AfriOceans, Awards, Conservation, Shark Finning, Sharks in Deep Trouble
Sharks in Deep Trouble Wins More Awards!
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Nov
Nov
I am proud to announce that my film, Sharks in Deep Trouble, has won yet another award, making it the sixth to date. It won Best Information Film Award, Film Category A, at the 36th World Festival of Underwater Pictures held in Marseille, France in November.I never had any idea when making the film that…
Awards, Conservation, Shark Finning, Sharks, Sharks in Deep Trouble
SHARKS IN DEEP TROUBLE WINS AWARDS!
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Jun
Jun
Sharks in Deep Trouble has won another two awards at the International Celebrate the Sea Film Festival held in Philippines. It has been credited with five awards so far from three international festivals, and this time I won a liveaboard package in Indonesia, an underwater photographer’s dream, I can’t wait for that much needed break!…
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Feb
Feb
My film, Sharks in Deep Trouble, as well as our Rethink the Shark ad, are finalists in the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. In November last year Sharks in Deep Trouble won a conservation message award at the Montana Cine International Film Festival, while Rethink the Shark won a prestigious Panda Award. I’m invited to…