A new online Shark Awareness Education training course has been launched. “Sharks continue to be misrepresented and badly portrayed in the media,” explains Alex Antoniou, Ph.D., course developer and co-founder of Fins Attached: Marine Research and Conservation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of sharks. “The Shark Awareness Education course helps individuals view sharks and the role they play in the marine ecosystem with a fresh eye focused on conservation.” Dr. Antoniou continues, “No other training program like this exists where someone can learn about sharks at their own pace, in a highly interactive format.”

Some fees involved, but they go towards shark education and conservation efforts and  once someone is enrolled in the course they have access to the training for six months, are able to take a final knowledge test, and then print their own completion certificate.

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-online-shark-awareness-program-for-scuba-divers-unveiled

San Diego diver John Huber was able to video both a Sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) and a Tope or Soupfin  Shark (Galeorhinus galeus) the other day at La Jolla Cove.

The Sevengill shark is seen almost immediately in the video here and the Soupfin or Tope shark is seen at timestamp 0:15.

Continue reading on Examiner.com here: http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-san-diego/san-diego-diver-videos-a-sevengill-and-a-tope-shark-at-la-jolla-cove#ixzz1r8egV1KD

A new online Shark Awareness Education training course has been launched. “Sharks continue to be misrepresented and badly portrayed in the media,” explains Alex Antoniou, Ph.D., course developer and co-founder of Fins Attached: Marine Research and Conservation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of sharks. “The Shark Awareness Education course helps individuals view sharks and the role they play in the marine ecosystem with a fresh eye focused on conservation.” Dr. Antoniou continues, “No other training program like this exists where someone can learn about sharks at their own pace, in a highly interactive format.”

Continue reading on Examiner at: http://www.examiner.com/scuba-diving-in-national/new-online-shark-awareness-program-for-scuba-divers-unveiled?CID=obinsite

“If we lose all the worlds sharks we will run out of oxygen to breathe”.

The single most stunning moronic conservation quote of the century. Based not in fact, created to help sell a film, and gobbled up like Conservation PEZ by those who trade exclusively in “shark conservation chatter”.

http://sharkdivers.blogspot.com/2012/02/oxygen-shark-myth-debunking-bunkable.html

Video:

This guy was about 2 1/2 ft. long, with a California Sea Slug laying eggs on the right in the very beginning of the footage.......

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