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.

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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".

July 2009 - thanks to a very successful Art Exhibition and other donations, the SCCT is now buying the presentation equipment needed to spread awareness of the shark depletion and ocean acidification issues to a much wider audience. The presentations can be 'tailored' to suit a particular audience interest or time scale.

DONATIONS WEBSITES:

www.justgiving.com/montys-geriatric-ski-challenge

www.justgiving.com/scct  (Direct Trust Donation)

www.justgiving.com/running4reefs

www.justgiving.com/Stewart-Hayes 

www.justgiving.com/sonomastacy

Please also help Arnnah Alley and Holly East in their very important conservation efforts:

www.justgiving.com/savetheturtle

www.justgiving.com/hollyeast  

100% of the donation proceeds from the 'savetheturtle' and 'hollyeast' websites will be sent on to them well in advance of the departure dates to help cover travel and accommodation expenses.

Shark Rescue (SR):

www.justgiving.com/shark-rescue

75% of the donations to this website will be sent to SR to continue their battle against the illegal import of endangered sharks (including just their fins !) through the Hong Kong market. For more information on SR, please visit their website:

www.sharkrescue.com  

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.