During an OMSAC after zoom presentation chat, Mark A mentioned that 20 years ago you were almost guaranteed of seeing great white sharks during a […]
Month: October 2021
😱 You’ve probably eaten / used products containing shark…
You might be thinking, “But I don’t eat shark fin soup!” However, the reality is that sharks are being killed for more than just their […]
Shark Finning
Shark finning is the unimaginably cruel practice of cutting the fins from a shark while it is still alive before throwing the shark back into the […]
Whats the truth?
SHARK MYTH #1: ARE ALL SHARKS BIG WITH LOTS OF SHARP TEETH?Not all sharks are large, bulky and torpedo-shaped like the ones we see in […]
🦈 How can YOU help our sharks? Be a Finspotter…
Fin Spotter is a database of shark encounters that Cape Radd (Simonstown-based conservation institution) uses to estimate and monitor the size of the population for […]
Cape Radd — a ‘rad’ shark conservation experience
OMSAC’s fave club scientist Sarah Jane Ackland was lucky enough to do the Cape Radd Shark Week workshop last November. Cape Radd is a research institution that focuses on […]
Sharktober 2021
One thing we get asked all the time as scuba divers is “but aren’t you afraid of sharks?” Now I’ll be honest, big sharks are not […]