FIRST TIME SHARK DIVING IN FIJI!

Love love love this!

And the FOOTAGE IS 100% REAL! :)

Enjoy!

Fiji Shark Diving 2018!

Behold!

Very nice!

And here is Tom's latest blog post, with plenty of stellar pictures as always - and yes, as long as it doesn't become a gimmicky fad, the new fisheye lens is certainly very impressive!

So far so great!

Enjoy!

Valerie's Books!

Behold!

I love her - always have always will.

Mind you, merely in a strictly platonic way - but she will always be my closest friend and my hero and my inspiration in so many ways. 

Anyway, this is about her other side.

She has always been an outstanding artist, and I've seen her produce exquisite animal art on several of our numerous expeditions, and am in fact the proud owner of a few of the paintings she drew on those occasions. These books are an expression of her more whimsical side, and equally superb.

Required purchasing - enjoy!

«Einstein» unter Haien - Teil 1!

Behold!

Bravo - I must really say that I like it!

Kudos to producer François Loriol and presenter Tobias Müller for a job very well done!

Enjoy!

Einstein - Blut und BRAT!

And talking about Einstein.
Today is the day - enjoy the teasers!

Bull Shark on Steroids!

Wow.

Never seen such a fast Bull Shark!

Apparently somebody was bottling, and apparently this is from the far South of the Maldives where there is zero evacuation in case of an accident.
H/T Daniel!

Anyway, enjoy!

Für unsere Freunde in der Schweiz: Einstein!

Morgen ist die erste Folge!

Sofern Ihr wirklich nix Besseres zu tun habt. :)

Die zwei Sendungen sind hauptsächlich über die SRMR und die Forschung von Jürg und Kerstin - und obwohl ich noch nichts gesehen habe meinte ich, dass das Fernsehteam da wie üblich super Arbeit geleistet hat.

Viel Spass beim schauen!

Florida Land-Based Shark Fishing - FWC Meeting!

Source.

Remember those last posts?

The slaughter has obviously continued unabated.

But now there is an, albeit tiny, chance for improvement as the FWC is slated to discuss the matter at its next meeting in Ft. Lauderdale on April 25 and 26.

So you Shark loving folks, here's your chance.

First, inform yourselves because just attending to make the usual breathy noise will most certainly not cut it; and then go there and have your voices heard!

FWC summary memo here, presentation here.

And since we're at it.

There will be a discussion about opening the protected and generally Critically Endangered Goliath Groupers to limited harvest.
This is obviously highly controversial and you should inform yourselves and participate in the discussion. FYI, personally and despite being an avid angler I would vote against it as from a recreational fishing perspective, catch & release is legal and perfectly sufficient - but that's just me. And if there really are too many in Florida, how about catching some and releasing them where there are not enough which is everywhere else!

FWC summary memo here, presentation here.

There you have it.

Long story short, stop talking and start doing - and no, the usual tired raising awareness counts for less than nothing!

Wishing you the best of success!

PS - open letter with plenty of good info about land-based Shark fishing in Florida right here!