Introducing the #OceanStorytellingWritingGrant. Aimed @ supporting a new, diverse generation of conservation storytellers. This grant will be judged & mentored by author & marine biologist DR HS & Journalist & wildlife filmmaker Swati Thiyagarajan. bit.ly/3dVoYRa

That’s it. The Shark Trust office turned into a breakfast TV studio for the start of SI2022 online in a few hours! Join us…

See you there! Surbt Rest. L'Oceanografic IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Dr. David Shiffman 🦈 Shark Advocates Shark Education Nicholas Dulvy Colin Simpfendorfer Save Our Seas Shark Conservation Fund WWF Sharks 🦈 Luke Warwick #SharksInt2022

Just when we thought we understood the basics of ray behaviour, we find out they can talk! Want to hear what they have to say? Join my Sharks International online talk today (Oct 10th) @ 07:25 UTC / 18:25 AEDT to find out!

The doors are open for #SharksInt2022 online event! With the 1st sessions streaming LIVE! With all content recorded & available for replay to registered delegates, it’s not too late to sign up! Don’t miss out – register at bit.ly/3ClPnAY

¡El evento online #SharksInt2022 ya está en marcha! Contaremos con las primeras sesiones transmitidas en directo y el contenido grabado estará disponible para todos los asistentes registrados. Todavía estás a tiempo para inscribirte, ¡no te lo pierdas! bit.ly/3ClPnAY

🗣 Happening TOMORROW at Sharks International 🦈👥💙 IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group The Shark Trust @rafidshidqi_ Gemma Scotts Faqih Akbar Natascha Wosnick xteeenahhh Sharkrena 🦈 察亦云

LIVE in the #SharksInt2022 booths right now! WWF Sharks 🦈 presenting the Shark & Ray Recovery Initiative! Follow live - or catch up later!

🦈 Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) is at Sharks International! Want to learn more about #SARRI? Check out our virtual booth during the online days or find our colleague Heike Zidowitz in Valencia #SharksInt2022! WWF Sharks 🦈 Colin Simpfendorfer Rima Jabado Luke Warwick Andy Cornish @CSTFA_JCU James Cook Uni WCS Ocean

New Shark and Ray Recovery Initiative (SARRI) expert webinar coming up on 25 Oct 2022🗓️Led by Dr Hollie Booth, it'll focus on interdisciplinary approaches for understanding & managing shark & ray fisheries in the context of recovering species. LEARN MORE & HOW TO REGISTER ➡️sarri.org/news/second-we…

Scientists have documented an unprecedented phenomenon: #stingrays can produce sounds voluntarily, possibly as a warning response to perceived threats, but it’s unclear how, as they don’t have anything resembling vocal cords. bit.ly/3CtmUcu #SharkConservation

#BREAKING! Species population numbers have plummeted by 69% on average since 1970. 🚨 Nature is sending us an SOS: our life-line is in danger.💔 We need to turn things around – now. RT if you're with us #ForALivingPlanet! #LivingPlanet #LPR2022

Oceanic sharks and rays are vital to a healthy #ocean and – in turn – the well-being of people, too. But we're losing them. Since the 1970s, oceanic shark & ray populations have plummeted by 71%. 👉 We need to take action #ForALivingPlanet panda.org/lpr #LPR2022

⚠️ 71% - that's how much oceanic 🦈 & ray populations have dropped since the 1970s! These ancient animals have inhabited our 🌏since the time of 🦕🦖, helping to shape the ocean millions of us depend on. #ForALivingPlanet, we need their numbers to recover! livingplanet.panda.org

[1/6] Sharks🦈and rays are disappearing... With local extinctions recorded around the world, & over 200 species⚠️dangerously close to extinction, the ⚖️balance is hanging by a thread! Here are just 4 out of 213 endangered & critically EN species we risk losing unless we act now⬇️

[2/6] Angelshark 😇🦈 is disappearing from the European Atlantic⚠️ Once common in shallow sandy areas of the Northeast Atlantic, today it's rare and has disappeared from places like🇩🇪Germany, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇸🇪Sweden or 🇳🇱the Netherlands, where the last individual was caught in 1977.

[3/6] Even though there's still a lot left to learn about the tentacled butterfly🦋ray, this species is disappearing too... This bottom-dwelling ray of the northern Indian Ocean is possibly extinct in🇵🇰Pakistan and🇮🇳India, where it was last seen 36 and 49 years ago respectively!

[4/6] The iconic largetooth sawfish🪚🐟 is disappearing from many parts of our blue planet, including East Africa🌍. Overfished in quite a few locations, it's possibly extinct in 🇸🇨the Seychelles and 🇿🇦South Africa, where St. Lucia estuary was once an important breeding ground!

[5/6] 🦈Grey reef shark population - once one of the most common reef sharks in the Indo-Pacific - has declined by up to 60%❗️Threatened by #overfishing🎣🚢 and loss of coral reefs🪸 due to climate change🔥, it's likely been lost from individual reefs, if not whole countries...

[6/6] While these species have already been lost in some places, we can still save these - as well as 200+ other highly threatened sharks & rays💪But we must urgently start recovering them before it's too late⌛️Join the #SARRI movement to help save them➡️ sarri.org/get-involved#e…