Shark Research Institute

(Dive Travel Business News - December 7, 2010) -- Egyptian authorities have called in an international team of shark experts to "assess and advise on the best course of action" after the Red Sea resort of Sharm el- Sheikh experienced five shark attacks in one week.   read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - Sept 13, 2010) -- The Shark Research Institute has been offered a matching grant of $50,000 for a media campaign project - which means in order to receive the funds, we must raise $50,000 for this project.

The project is a media campaign in Hong Kong to inform the public about the very high levels of methylmercury and other toxins in sharks, why it is so dangerous to consume sharks and other large marine predators, and the effects of methylmercury in humans and developing fetuses. (Hong Kong is the largest importer of shark fins in the world).

This project will receive the much-needed match grant if every member will donate $5 (a.k.a. a Fin) .

Donations can be sent by check to: SRI, PO Box 40, Princeton NJ 08540, USA, read more »

(Dive Travel Business News - July 31, 2010) -- The world's top shark experts are allowing themselves to be auctioned on eBay during Shark Week 2010 to raise funds for the Shark Research Institute's conservation programs. Up for auction are dinners (or lunches) with the world's foremost shark experts. It is a unique opportunity to "talk shark" face- to-face, one-on-one, with an authority on sharks.
 
Shark experts and celebrities being auctioned include: Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer-in- Residence and unquestionably the most eloquent spokesperson for ocean conservation; Dr. Eugenie Clark, founder & director of Mote Marine Labs; Donald Schultz, host of Animal Planet's Wild Recon, Dr. Leonard Compagno, the world's top shark expert; legendary filmmakers Tom Campbell, Jeff Kurr, Marty Snyderman and Jonathan Bird; underwater photographers Amos Nachoum and Matt Potenski, marine painter and author Richard Ellis, artists David Dunleavy and Rogest; and Sherman Lagoon's Jim Toomey and Shaaark's Phil Watson.
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