A new campaign, designed to conserve South Africa’s shark and ray populations, has been launched. Rolled out by WildOceans and the Shark Conservation Fund, Shark Attack is a three-year programme.
Project Manager Nicolene Chapman said sharks produce fewer offspring than other fish and need concerted protection efforts. ‘We only ever hear about sharks when there is a film about them or a dramatic shark attack – we don’t ever hear about them in a way that sets them up as the victim, or shows how the “hunter” is now the hunted,’ she says.
The campaign includes educating people, increased legal protections, and support and training for effective implementation of conservation measures, according to Good Things Guy.
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‘We have 204 different sharks and ray species in the ocean which is more of a reason to protect them and of those 204, 69 are endemic,’ says WildOceans marketing and communications director Lauren van Nijkerk.
Source: EWN
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