Save Our Seas Foundation
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The Save Our Seas Foundation supports marine projects in the areas of conservation, awareness, research and education.
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A nesting hawksbill turtle tagged in Seychelles was found dead nearly 1,500 km away on the Kenyan coast. This account traces her journey & what it reveals about migration, fishing pressure, & shared responsibility across the Western Indian Ocean. More below.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A nesting hawksbill turtle tagged in Seychelles was found dead nearly 1,500 km away on the Kenyan coast. This account traces her journey & what it reveals about migration, fishing pressure, & shared responsibility across the Western Indian Ocean. More below.
saveourseas.com/update/seych...
saveourseas.com/update/seych...
How do you map microstructures in the brain of a 5m fish? Kara Yopak and team are using MRI chambers to study the neuroanatomy of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sawfish. More below!
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December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How do you map microstructures in the brain of a 5m fish? Kara Yopak and team are using MRI chambers to study the neuroanatomy of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sawfish. More below!
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saveourseas.com/update/devel...
Yasmine Mohammad and the BCWhales team spent the day with seventy-nine humpbacks: a rare communion that left them feeling humbled, and in awe of these gentle giants. More below.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Yasmine Mohammad and the BCWhales team spent the day with seventy-nine humpbacks: a rare communion that left them feeling humbled, and in awe of these gentle giants. More below.
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saveourseas.com/update/an-en...
A little giant, sheltered beneath its mother’s fin. Every calf’s first lesson: safety in a mother’s care.
🎥: Luke Saddler
🎥: Luke Saddler
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A little giant, sheltered beneath its mother’s fin. Every calf’s first lesson: safety in a mother’s care.
🎥: Luke Saddler
🎥: Luke Saddler
As our climate warms, Dr Collin Williams' latest study shows that silky sharks are avoiding higher summer temperatures in the Red Sea by keeping to a narrow band of cooler water and aggregating at a depth of 70–100 metres (230–328 feet).
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Risk of overfishing rises as climate change gives silky sharks the squeeze
As our climate warms, silky sharks are avoiding higher summer temperatures in the Red Sea by keeping to a narrow band of cooler water and aggregating at a depth of 70–100 metres (230–328 feet). It is ...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
As our climate warms, Dr Collin Williams' latest study shows that silky sharks are avoiding higher summer temperatures in the Red Sea by keeping to a narrow band of cooler water and aggregating at a depth of 70–100 metres (230–328 feet).
saveourseas.com/risk-of-over...
saveourseas.com/risk-of-over...
What is the fastest shark? We dove deep into the literature, only to find the answer isn't that straightforward.
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
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Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What is the fastest shark? We dove deep into the literature, only to find the answer isn't that straightforward.
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
Fishers in Kipini, Kenya, report sharp declines in shark and ray numbers. Their insights come from observed shifts in species and rising pressure, which calls for growing support for community-led protection.
More below in Boaz Kaunda-Arara.
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More below in Boaz Kaunda-Arara.
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Fishers report declining abundance of sharks and rays from a diversity hotspot in coastal Kenya
Fishers in Kenya’s hotspot for shark and ray species, the remotely located Kipini fishing village on the north coast, acknowledge a drastic decline in shark and ray numbers in their landings. Intervie...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fishers in Kipini, Kenya, report sharp declines in shark and ray numbers. Their insights come from observed shifts in species and rising pressure, which calls for growing support for community-led protection.
More below in Boaz Kaunda-Arara.
saveourseas.com/update/fishe...
More below in Boaz Kaunda-Arara.
saveourseas.com/update/fishe...
Tracking Somanga’s endangered guitarfishes and wedgefishes shows a coastline at a crossroads. But working with fishers, Bigeyo Neke Kuboja is now mapping out threats and protecting nursery grounds for Tanzania’s rhino rays.
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saveourseas.com/update/the-g...
The Guitarfishes and Wedge Fish Diaries of Somanga: Science, Fishers, and the Fight for Sustainability
Where science meets the sea The Somanga coast of southern Tanzania may look calm, but beneath the waves lies a story about one of the Western Indian Ocean’s endemics and a very rare species with an ...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Tracking Somanga’s endangered guitarfishes and wedgefishes shows a coastline at a crossroads. But working with fishers, Bigeyo Neke Kuboja is now mapping out threats and protecting nursery grounds for Tanzania’s rhino rays.
saveourseas.com/update/the-g...
saveourseas.com/update/the-g...
As night descends on the reef of Costa Rica, whitetip reef sharks pursue their prey. Small and slender, they scour the crevices, wriggling into tight spaces. They are specialists in hunting bony fishes and cephalopods using scent, sound and electroreception.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As night descends on the reef of Costa Rica, whitetip reef sharks pursue their prey. Small and slender, they scour the crevices, wriggling into tight spaces. They are specialists in hunting bony fishes and cephalopods using scent, sound and electroreception.
To reach remote coastal communities, a portable marine conservation exhibit was installed on Honduras’ Pacific coast. The initiative links residents, researchers and visitors, creating space for locally grounded learning.
More below in Ana Lucía López’s blog.
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More below in Ana Lucía López’s blog.
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Beyond the Exhibit: Empowering Coastal Guardians of the Sea
Being part of the design and installation process of an exhibit goes beyond logistics; it involves finding meaningful ways to connect with the community, to engage with people, and above all, to trans...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
To reach remote coastal communities, a portable marine conservation exhibit was installed on Honduras’ Pacific coast. The initiative links residents, researchers and visitors, creating space for locally grounded learning.
More below in Ana Lucía López’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/beyon...
More below in Ana Lucía López’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/beyon...
Highly revered for their majestic beauty, and highly exploited for their products, the relationship between reef manta rays and humans is conflicted. As demand rises for the gill plates of manta rays, hope persists in ecotourism, where humans want to see them at sea.
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Highly revered for their majestic beauty, and highly exploited for their products, the relationship between reef manta rays and humans is conflicted. As demand rises for the gill plates of manta rays, hope persists in ecotourism, where humans want to see them at sea.
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
We are looking for our next Research Coordinator at our D'Arros Research Centre.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We are looking for our next Research Coordinator at our D'Arros Research Centre.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
With over 33,000 records informing Seychelles’ new species-specific protections, John Nevill is now monitoring the artisanal fishery to evaluate the impact of these regulations and close the loop between long-term data collection and policy action.
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Completing the fishery management cycle
I have spent much of the last 12 plus years monitoring the elasmobranch catch of the Seychelles artisanal fishery. This has enabled the elucidation of the species composition, relative abundance and s...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
With over 33,000 records informing Seychelles’ new species-specific protections, John Nevill is now monitoring the artisanal fishery to evaluate the impact of these regulations and close the loop between long-term data collection and policy action.
saveourseas.com/update/compl...
saveourseas.com/update/compl...
Across Angola’s small-scale landing sites, rays form a significant share of daily catch. With stocks under strain, integrating fishers’ LEK and traditional practices is vital to balancing conservation with community needs. More below in Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares’ blog.
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Rays in Angola: Sustaining Communities and Ecosystems
In Angola, small-scale fisheries capture a diversity of elasmobranchs, with rays among the most frequently landed species. They form a substantial part of local catches and serve not only ecological f...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Across Angola’s small-scale landing sites, rays form a significant share of daily catch. With stocks under strain, integrating fishers’ LEK and traditional practices is vital to balancing conservation with community needs. More below in Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares’ blog.
saveourseas.com/update/rays-...
saveourseas.com/update/rays-...
Adapted to the Great African Seaforest, the kelp crab is a mosaic of earthy colours, with a jagged-textured body, ideal for camouflage in its kelp forest habitat.
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Adapted to the Great African Seaforest, the kelp crab is a mosaic of earthy colours, with a jagged-textured body, ideal for camouflage in its kelp forest habitat.
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
The call is out for all emerging conservation filmmakers to apply for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The call is out for all emerging conservation filmmakers to apply for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
Are you an emerging conservation filmmaker? Apply for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant now.
The opportunity is here to develop a narrative that kindles the kind of wonder that nudges us all closer to the sea.
Learn more: saveourseas.com/ocean-storyt...
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The opportunity is here to develop a narrative that kindles the kind of wonder that nudges us all closer to the sea.
Learn more: saveourseas.com/ocean-storyt...
youtu.be/wpd3M_QComY
SOSF Ocean Storytelling Film Grant 2025
YouTube video by Save Our Seas Foundation
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November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Are you an emerging conservation filmmaker? Apply for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant now.
The opportunity is here to develop a narrative that kindles the kind of wonder that nudges us all closer to the sea.
Learn more: saveourseas.com/ocean-storyt...
youtu.be/wpd3M_QComY
The opportunity is here to develop a narrative that kindles the kind of wonder that nudges us all closer to the sea.
Learn more: saveourseas.com/ocean-storyt...
youtu.be/wpd3M_QComY
Did you know that there are over 60 species of sharks that are luminous? In this episode of World of Sharks, we learn all about the sharks that light up the darkness of the deep sea, with Professor Jerome Mallefet.
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Did you know that there are over 60 species of sharks that are luminous? In this episode of World of Sharks, we learn all about the sharks that light up the darkness of the deep sea, with Professor Jerome Mallefet.
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares and team are building Angola’s first national database to guide real, community-grounded conservation. The Angola Elasmo Project combines fishers’ knowledge with science to document sharks and rays landed on Namibe’s beaches.
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Voices from the Sea: Angola’s First Sharks and Rays Database
When we think of sharks and rays, images of the open ocean and deep-sea adventures often come to mind. Rarely do we consider the vital role that small-scale fisheries play in helping us understand the...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares and team are building Angola’s first national database to guide real, community-grounded conservation. The Angola Elasmo Project combines fishers’ knowledge with science to document sharks and rays landed on Namibe’s beaches.
saveourseas.com/update/voice...
saveourseas.com/update/voice...
Simon Mckinley began his journey by identifying thousands of fish in Galapagos BRUV footage. Years later, he met them in person underwater and he now tracks sharks across vast migrations, guided by those same careful eyes from the past.
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From computer screens to up close and personal: Getting to know fishy characters of the Galapagos Islands
My story as a marine ecologist began in Curtin University’s Marine Ecology Laboratory in Perth, Western Australia. As an undergraduate student, I volunteered to analyse video footage of fish recorded ...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Simon Mckinley began his journey by identifying thousands of fish in Galapagos BRUV footage. Years later, he met them in person underwater and he now tracks sharks across vast migrations, guided by those same careful eyes from the past.
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
@darwinfoundation.bsky.social
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@darwinfoundation.bsky.social
When the sun sets, the fimbriate moray leaves it lair to hunt fish and crustaceans on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific. They have a row of large, backward-curved canine teeth running along the roof of their mouths which they use to grip slippery prey.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
When the sun sets, the fimbriate moray leaves it lair to hunt fish and crustaceans on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific. They have a row of large, backward-curved canine teeth running along the roof of their mouths which they use to grip slippery prey.
In Guitarfish, late-stage young carry an internal yolk reserve that helps them face their first days in the shallows. Alfonsina Romo Curiel and team show that when fishers release these newborns quickly, many swim off - interventions can help restore a generation.
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saveourseas.com/update/is-th...
Is the reproductive strategy of Guitarfish really a strategy for surviving fishing pressure as a target or bycatch species?
Batoid fishes exhibit three reproductive modes that can be grouped into two categories depending on how embryos obtain nutrition: 1) The first is lecithotrophic, in which embryos rely entirely on the ...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In Guitarfish, late-stage young carry an internal yolk reserve that helps them face their first days in the shallows. Alfonsina Romo Curiel and team show that when fishers release these newborns quickly, many swim off - interventions can help restore a generation.
saveourseas.com/update/is-th...
saveourseas.com/update/is-th...
In coastal Angola, Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares is taking marine science into classrooms and fishing communities, where the work of the Angola Elasmo Project demonstrates that protection for sharks and rays is in the hands of an informed local community.
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
From Classrooms to Coastlines: Shaping the Guardians of Tomorrow
The long-term success of conservation requires more than technical expertise or short-term funding. It relies on ongoing education, community involvement, and the gradual development of environmental ...
saveourseas.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In coastal Angola, Ana Lúcia Furtado Soares is taking marine science into classrooms and fishing communities, where the work of the Angola Elasmo Project demonstrates that protection for sharks and rays is in the hands of an informed local community.
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
The reefs surrounding D'Arros Island teem with life, a refuge for the interconnected marine ecosystems found here. On this coral reef, a grey reef shark is foregrounded by a school of snappers as it swims by.
📷: Simon Hilbourne
📷: Simon Hilbourne
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The reefs surrounding D'Arros Island teem with life, a refuge for the interconnected marine ecosystems found here. On this coral reef, a grey reef shark is foregrounded by a school of snappers as it swims by.
📷: Simon Hilbourne
📷: Simon Hilbourne
This week's CITES CoP20 is where NGOs and charities are urging world leaders to make the decisions that matter for the conservation of sharks and rays. The fate of these icons of the ocean's wild frontiers hinges on decisions made in the coming days.
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Global shark and ray collapse centre stage at pivotal CITES summit - Oceanographic
WCS urges urgent action at CITES CoP20 as new data reveals sharp declines and illegal trade driving sharks and rays toward extinction.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This week's CITES CoP20 is where NGOs and charities are urging world leaders to make the decisions that matter for the conservation of sharks and rays. The fate of these icons of the ocean's wild frontiers hinges on decisions made in the coming days.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/global-...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/global-...