Diving on the colorful reefs of the Caribbean Sea, there is a number of shark and ray species you will likely encounter. Caribbean reef sharks, nurse sharks, southern stingrays, and eagle rays are the most common. If you look a little harder, you may also find hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, lemon sharks, or bull sharks. […] Lees verder
Postcode Lottery ambassador Winston Gerschtanowitz recently visited the Save Our Sharks project as part of the RTL4 television show ‘Bestemming…’. The show is about ambassadors visiting different projects supported by the Dutch Postcode Lottery. Gerschtanowitz traveled to Saba and St. Maarten, where he literally submerged himself in the world of nature conservation. He observes a giant polluting landfill that is […] Lees verder
Balloons, straws, old fishing nets, oil, paraffin, and even pieces of garden furniture. This is just a minor selection of the litter that was cleaned up by Save Our Sharks and a lot of enthusiastic volunteers on the beach between Castricum and Wijk aan Zee. The cleanup was part of the Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour […] Lees verder
Plastic pollution is a growing problem for the oceans and might also have its consequences for large predatory fish like sharks. Here in the Netherlands and on the beaches of the Dutch Caribbean islands you still find a lot of plastic on beaches and in the sea. The North Sea Foundation organizes the annual Boskalis […] Lees verder
Caribbean relay during the Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour in collaboration with Save Our Sharks on August 13th – Join us! It is estimated that more than 5 trillion (that is a 5 with 12 zeros) pieces of plastic float around in the world’s oceans. This has disastrous consequences for marine life and marine ecosystems. Worldwide, coasts are […] Lees verder
More than 5 trillion (that is 5.000.000.000.000) pieces of plastic are estimated to be floating around in the world’s oceans, weighing over 250.000 tonnes. This amount of plastic might be difficult to imagine, but everything from daily household products to military equipment and now also fish, contains plastic. Yes, you read that right, fish contain […] Lees verder
