Registered Charity No. 1121609

Shark and Coral Conservation - DEEP

Maverick Art Exhibition - Milsted Langdon Taunton - Fri/Sat 12th /13th June
18/06/09

Arnnah Alley can come to the Exhibiton on Friday 12th June !!
21/05/09

JAN IS GETTING MARRIED !
16/05/09


 

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 the conservation of sharks and coral reef health. The concentration is on an active programme to increase the awareness of the problems and encourage political and diplomatic change.

Please click here to view a short video  (opens in a new window).

Extract from 'Ocean Acidification' - Royal Society - 30th June 2005

Dr Turley said ocean acidification represented potentially a gigantic problem for the world. She added, " It's urgent indeed to warn people what's happening - - many of the marine species we rely on to eat could well disappear. In cartoon terms, you could say people should prepare to change taste and switch from cod and chips to jellyfish and chips".

The SCCT is in urgent need of a laptop, projector and screen to help give presentations to a wider public audience on the subject matter surrounding the above video.  This will cost around £1500.00 - so please donate through the following links and help us buy this equipment.  THANK YOU !!

DONATIONS WEBSITES:

www.justgiving.com/montyhallssenior

www.justgiving.com/gibsonswiftshark

Please also help Arnnah Alley in her efforts to conserve the hawksbill turtle via the link:

www.justgiving.com/savetheturtle

All the donation proceeds from this 'savetheturtle' website will be sent to Arnnah well in advance of her trip to Honduras to help cover travel and accommodation expenses.

 

 
  Shark and Coral Conservation - DEEP - Great White Shark

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. 

The fact is that the demise of the sharks will affect the whole eco-system and sea creatures such as oysters, clams and scallops will disappear (see diagram below)

Shark and Coral Conservation - DEEP - cascade diagram

Read more on this and other articles by clicking here.
   
 

The Caribbean
As a result of over-fishing and the massive depletion of shark numbers, there has been an increase in algae blooms which, in turn, have stifled coral polyps reproduction. The effect of this cascade is to halt the reproduction ....

 

As you may have gathered from the efforts mentioned in 'Latest News' and 'DEEP' menu items, considerable effort has been expended in trying to gain some political,scientific and diplomatic power behind the Shark and Coral Conservation DEEP project. ....

 
   

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