Often when I talk to people about sharks, almost immediately they ask about the apex predators that they have seen in documentaries or in videos circling on social media. The white shark that breaches out of the water and grabs a sea lion from the water surface, a tiger shark that feeds on young albatrosses […] Lees verder
In October 2016, the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) organized a unique shark tagging expedition to the Saba Bank. Little is currently known about the status of shark populations in Dutch Caribbean waters and shark tagging studies are a pivotal first step in determining which sharks are present, where they can be found, and most […] Lees verder
Recently, the BRUV studies by Wageningen Marine Research on the Saba Bank, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten were concluded and the underwater cameras were transported to Curaçao. Here, Adrian Reid Navarro and Tom van Ee, two students of Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Science, lead by project leader Martin de Graaf, will use the […] Lees verder
Whenever we talk about shark conservation, we often mention how sharks are important to maintain the balance of the marine ecosystem and that they’re threatened by fisheries and the loss of suitable habitat offering ample resources and a safe place to reproduce. This is basic information that everybody should learn. But I realize that not everybody […] Lees verder
One of the goals of the Save Our Sharks project is the establishment of shark sanctuaries around the six Dutch Caribbean islands. The plight of conserving sharks is well known, argued from both an ecological, and socio-economic perspective. But science has only recently started to uncover to what extent local protection measures, such as the […] Lees verder
