Yesterday, during Dutch Caribbean Shark Week on Saba, a kick-off meeting was held for a special project in collaboration with Saban fishermen aimed at reducing the bycatch of sharks in the local lobster fisheries. […] Lees verder
The Save Our Sharks project will organize the third Dutch Caribbean Shark Week from June 3-11, 2017, simultaneously on six Caribbean islands and in the Netherlands. The week will be filled […] Lees verder
Show us why you love sharks! Sharks have always had a bad image. People tend to view them as bloodthirsty monsters that spend their time preying on swimmers and surfers. […] Lees verder
Tagged Tiger Shark ‘Quinty’ swims from the Saba Bank to Trinidad in four weeks! During the Save Our Sharks expedition last year, a number of tiger sharks were caught on the […] Lees verder
This week it was officially decided to protect eight shark species under the international Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol following a proposal by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs […] Lees verder
Great news for shark conservation in the Caribbean. Today it was officially decided to protect eight shark species under the international Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol following a […] Lees verder
On Monday, March 13th , the Meetings of the Contracting Parties to the Cartagena Convention will start in Cayenne, French Guyana, where there will be a formal vote on the proposals to list […] Lees verder
As part of the Save Our Sharks project funded by the Dutch National Postcode Lottery, the St. Maarten Nature Foundation recently discovered that a large majority of fish being sold […] Lees verder
The Save Our Sharks team is looking back at a very successful year and a half of campaigning for shark conservation. Since kicking off in June 2015, we organized a […] Lees verder
Shark tagging expedition on the Saba Bank A total of 22 sharks were caught and tagged last month as part of a region-wide Save Our Sharks project. Little is currently […] Lees verder
