#oneoceanconservation

Another incredible imageand post from my friends and conservationists @oceanramsey and @juansharks @oceanramsey gently guides one of the largest documented #GreatWhiteSharks away from our @oneoceandiving shark research boat in #HAWAII #Oahu The first great white shark I ever swam with was in 2005 off my home #Haleiwa with a similarly large great #whiteshark who also rocked the boat I was on at the time working with sharks. I guess I am lucky that history repeats and not much has changed which made me confident but not complacent during this encounter but what has changed is shark populations are severely declining but for the first time ever I’ve seen this huge shift in perception in the last 5 years mostly due to imagery and the work that @oceanramsey and the team at #oneoceandiving and @oneoceandiving program and conservation and research division does (with people like @mermaid_kayleigh and @forrest.in.focus ). I hope my conservation images like this help people to question their perceptions and realize the beauty, and importance of sharks and I hope that they inspire the kind of compassion and connection we need to have with nature and sharks, to help protect them and #coexist along side them. You don’t have to love them but they do need to exist, they are absolutely critical for the health of marine ecosystems which all life relies on. Yesterday I filled up 500gb with just photos so many more videos and photos to share from this incredible encounter that lasted al day. #grateful #helpsavesharks #savesharks #sharks #shark #discoversharks #greatwhiteshark #sealegacy #oneoceanconservation #greatwhiteshakhawaii #whitesharkhawaii https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvT43mh2Ds/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p5oclg3q92ao

Reposted from @silenthunter_pty @withregram • This is one big female tiger shark 🦈, that was not so happy to have me in her space . Hearing the electronic impulse put out by my cameras 🎥just set her off and she decided to turn on me . As you can see I was backing off as easy and calmly as possible . Luckily no one was harmed . Neither shark nor man ! But this is a situation you can suddenly find yourself in . When diving with sharks it is imperative to be prepared and have a plan . But so many things can rapidly go south , of which even the best shark divers have no preparation ! This is when one turns to their knowledge and skills . @apexsurvival @rpela_official @marks.clark @dickie_chivell @shrkba8 @chriscameron.sa @sharkdefenderspanama @oceanramsey @juansharks #oneoceanresearch #oneoceanconservation #sharkphotography #panamasharkphotographer 🇵🇦#tigershark #sharkawarness #apexpredatornotmonster https://www.instagram.com/p/CRD-tH1Br8m/?utm_medium=tumblr

Mahalo nui loa to Christi for joining us on a recent tour supporting shark and marine conservation! We’re thrilled we could capture this experience for you and so happy to hear it was everything you’d hoped for. Check out her account for more photos and video by @tracyann_saltygirl @blakethompsonphoto featuring #SharkIDNubs in the first few photos 💙 #Repost @christi.rawls ・・・ An INFINITE MAHALO TO @oneoceandiving and especially @taylork.sea and @blakethompsonphoto for the opportunity of a lifetime. I cannot stop watch the videos an photos of capturing one of the best times of my life! Help save these beautiful animals! #oceanramsey #oneoceandiving #oneoceanconservation #juansharks #apexpredatornotmonster See you next year! 💙🦈💙🦈 (at Oneoceandiving.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/B32w-AKnD3e/?igshid=1rhd24n2td33

5 Reasons to REVERE rather than FEAR sharks: 1. Sharks are our elders & have estimated to have been around for nearly 400 years (Gorgrand and Lund 2004) 2. There are over 400 known species of sharks and they come in all shapes and sizes. 3. Sharks inhabit every ocean around the world! (Dulvy 2017) 4. Sharks help keep the ecosystem happy and healthy. Since sharks are often the top predators they keep populations of prey species in check (Gallagher 2014) 5. Sharks are beautiful in our opinion!   #savesharks #sharkconservation #sharkeducation #oneoceandiving #oneoceanconservation   Caption and photo by intern @teeny_travels (at North Shore, Haleiwa, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwxQCfmBvba/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18v6wepzxqjh4

The blue shark (Prionace glauca) is a large temperate and tropical pelagic shark species (Campana 2005). The blue shark is one of the most abundant pelagic sharks and has a worldwide distribution. Unfortunately, however, it is also the most heavily fished shark species in the world (Carrera- Fernández 2010). Blue sharks are often victim to bycatch. Bycatch is marine life caught unintentionally in a fishery that is targeting other fish. Worldwide commercial fisheries discard an estimated 38.5 million tonnes of marine life! (Davies 2009) The blue shark is an important marine species and helps keep the ocean healthy by regulating the marine food chain, removing sick and weak animals, and ensuring species diversity through healthy competition.   #blueshark #oneoceandiving #oneoceanconservation #sharkconservation #stopbycatch   Post by-@teeny_travels  Photo by @fakewhiteshark https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwae3eQhFmZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cj0mls53zriw

“Out here diving with oneocean. Sharks are incredibly misunderstood animals. If you pay them the right respect and behave correctly around them then you have absolute nothing to fear #oneoceandiving #oneoceanglobal #oneoceanconservation” —Mahalo for speaking up for sharks @samjackwebster and joining us on a shark dive 🦈💙 (at North Shore, Haleiwa, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwaNHqABt8I/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=30s9trt8iqlz

As @taylorditty so well captioned “DID YOU KNOW: The ocean gets it saltiness from the tears of misunderstood sharks who just want to cuddle 🦈 • • • 😂😂😂 but for real sharks are super misunderstood and if you get the chance to swim with them on Oahu, you should take advantage of it, learn something new ❤️” #oneocean #oneoceandiving #oneoceanconservation #ocean #savethesea #savetheocean #conservation #sharks #oneoceanglobal #oceanramsey #juansharks (at Haleiwa, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4Dv1PhM-t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9hwf8y9pdbgw

Reposted from @keiko_conservation - The sad reality from our friend @kokocuvier. "It’s not always pretty. After spending the last month in Indonesia exploring Komodo and Papua, this was my first shark I saw while diving. Unfortunately it was hanging in a net of a bagan in Papua and had been dead for a while. The fishermen don’t target the sharks. They have no interest in eating them or selling them. Just an innocent victim of bycatch. The next day we returned, @julesmuncey noticed five alive sharks trapped in the net. We asked the fishermen to take the time to pull them out of the nets so that they could be set free. They did. Our final day two sharks were hanging from fishing lines off the side of the bagan. The fishermen allowed us to remove the sharks and set them free a well. At the end of the week all seven sharks had swam off safely into the deep blue. The fishermen aren’t enemies. They aren’t evil men. They aren’t monsters. They are husbands, fathers, sons providing for their families. If anyone wants to see a thriving ocean, it’s a fishermen. We were thankful they were so willing to release the sharks and that they even enjoyed some time swimming with the whale sharks alongside us. 📷 @captain_smulders" #keikoconservation #oneoceanconservation #supportecotourism #stopbuyingseafood - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BsmT4jLj2QM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qk9m6xya80p9