Welcome to the Shark and Coral Conservation Trust (SCCT) web site.

It is devoted to the necessity for raising world-wide awareness of the need for shark conservation and proof that there is a scientifically-robust linkage between shark conservation and coral reef health. The concentration is on an active programme to increase the awareness of the problem and induce change in UN priorities.

I am presently running round with two rear window car posters reading, "If you enjoy eating oysters, support the DEEP programme" !! (DEEP is an acronym for Depletion Environmental Education Programme) - this programme offers the means of applying pressure to the diplomatic and political authorities who are in a position to induce change.

Monty Halls Senior

Are we witnessing a gradual process leading inexorably to the total demise of sharks on our coral reefs? Throughout the world sharks are under such intense attack by Man that their numbers have declined to the point where certain species are now threatened with extinction.

The situation in the Red Sea is critical and some areas that were until recently renowned for their richly productive reefs, replete with fish of all sizes, including sharks, have been transformed into desolate habitats where both the coral-reef fish and their primitive predators have been wiped out.

Meanwhile the general public is still being fed the misleading old line that the seas are full of man-eating sharks and we must protect ourselves at all costs from them.
^{(an extract from Sharkless Seas by Peter Vine) - - see the menu Articles}

Comment: This article is clearly written in a heart-felt way. It tends to reinforce the need to link the shark depletion to the reduction in the health of coral reefs.