SHARK SAVERS

AUCTION: Escape to Cocos Island, Costa Rica (famous for its hammerhead sharks) for a week aboard your choice -- Okeanos Aggressor I or II. Bidding starts at just $1300! Click here to bid: https://m.charityauctionstoday.com//okeanosaggressor-cocos... 100% of funds raised support ocean conservation.

Is diving with #sharks in PALAU on your bucket-list? With one $40 donation you could win a one-week dive trip for TWO with Aggressor Liveaboards and check it off your list! DONATE to enter and win, here: https://www.crowdrise.com//c/win-aggressor-dive-trip-palau... 100% of funds raised supports ocean conservation and marine science scholarships. THANK YOU! (Winner announced by Oct. 20. Travel to be completed between Nov. 1, 2018 and Dec. 31, 2019)

ATTN FLORIDA: Our friends at Shark Allies (who you may remember from Shark Week 2018) are advancing their efforts to stop the trade of shark fins in #FLORIDA and YOUR VOICE MATTERS whether you are a Florida visitor, part-time or full-time resident, individual, business owner or non-profit! PLEASE add your name or organization to this declaration to show that we want ACTION taken against a trade that is devastating shark populations around the world. THANK YOU! #StopTheFinTrad...e #FloridaForSharks https://www.sharkallies.com/stop-shark-fin-trade-declaration

Here's a helpful guide to the #SharkWeek shows that look like they'll focus the most on the science and conservation of sharks: ALIEN SHARKS: GREATEST HITS Airing Sunday, July 22 at 7PM ET/PT "...we’re recounting the biggest discoveries, weirdest adaptations, and most memorable moments from the past five years of Alien Sharks." MONSTER TAG Airing Monday, July 23 at 8PM ET/PT ... "...Shark populations are in trouble worldwide, but a daring collection of dedicated shark researchers are using the latest satellite technology to try and save them. If researchers can use satellite wildlife tags to figure out where sharks feed, mate, and birth their pups, the information will be critical to conserving the species." SHARK TANK MEETS SHARK WEEK Airing Wednesday, July 25 at 9PM ET/PT "...uncover the issues sharks are facing. They’ll discover the threats of finning, micro-plastics and the shark-saving measures of tagging or ecotourism." SHARKCAM STAKEOUT Airing Wednesday, July 25 at 10PM ET/PT "...Dr. Greg Skomal and the Woods Hole team go to the Bahamas to investigate the private lives of Bull, and Hammerhead sharks, guided by Doc Gruber and Dr. Tristan Gutteridge of the Bimini Shark Lab." GREAT WHITE SHARK BABIES Airing Friday, July 27 at 10PM ET/PT "...Dr. Hoyos and his science team of Michelle Wcisel and Dr. Toby Daly-Engel will track the sharks to Baja, use genetics to identify which pups belong to which females, and confirm a birthing ground to be protected."

#WhaleSharks are very picky about where they live, which could be bad for their survival http://ow.ly/1woB30krJ5M ZME Science

"Your favorite fish is literally about to go extinct if we don't change our fishing practices." -- Zooey Deschanel

Weighing in at only two pounds and measuring less than a foot long is one of the most unique new shark species to be recently identified by scientists. While the shark can be easily recognized by its huge nose leading into its small body, the most defining characteristic of this species may be that it glows in the dark. Read More:

Sharks + submarines = AWESOME!

Right now, the solution does not lie with the fishermen, or even outside our borders. It lies in making a drastic reduction in the rate we are consuming shark's fin and shark products. With each and every consumer making the individual choice of saying "no" to shark's fin, we can hopefully work together to turn the tide for sharks and, in doing so, ensure healthier oceans. http://www.straitstimes.com//busting-sharks-fin-sustainabi

Maxim's, Hong Kong's Largest Chinese Restaurant Group, is Busted Offering Endangered Whale Shark Fin Upon Request PRESS RELEASE / ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HONG KONG (09 June 2017) A WildAid activist in Hong Kong, posing as a young person planning their wedding, has uncovered Maxim's restaurant managers across the city offering endangered and near threatened shark species. These include; whale shark, basking shark, silky shark, bull shark and lemon shar...Continue reading

/ BBC Our Maxim’s / Jardines Shark Fin Protest in Hong Kong is on BBC! # #WhenTheBuyingStopsTheKillingCanToo

Everything you wanted to know about white sharks but were afraid to ask...

SUCH GOOD NEWS! Great white shark pups observed in Monterrey Bay, again, for the third year in a row...