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Memories of a blue shark sighting

August 11, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Today is the last day of Shark Week and the perfect time to share my favorite shark story. So here goes: I was a guest on Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (CMA)’s Catalina Above and Below trip four years ago. After spending the morning looking at animals brought up in traps from the ocean floor and having… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes Tagged With: blue shark, shark, shark fin soup, shark finning

There’s still time to help protect sharks!

July 12, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Good news, there’s still time to help protect sharks by submitting comments to the NOAA! In my last post, I gave everyone extremely late notice about an impending deadline for submitting comments to NOAA about the regulations they’re considering that could overturn shark protections passed in 10 states and territories. NOAA claims that these stricter… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes, Say Something Tagged With: action alert, great white shark, over-fishing, shark, shark fin soup, shark finning

Help protect shark conservation laws

July 5, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

In case you missed it, the Discovery Channel created a hilarious video to promote Shark Week, which has been making the rounds on the web the last couple of weeks. I’m posting it here for a good chuckle and to bring a bit of levity to a potentially depressing situation for sharks. The National Ocean… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes, Ocean issues, Say Something Tagged With: action alert, shark, shark fin soup, shark finning

It’s Shark Week!

August 14, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

In case anyone out there missed it, Shark Week launched on the Discovery Channel August 12th! Shark Week isn’t an official week set aside for recognizing sharks, but thanks to the Discovery Channel it has become a very popular unofficial week that provides great press for sharks everywhere. And unfortunately sharks need all the good… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes Tagged With: action alert, shark, shark fin soup, shark finning

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