Paul Cox
@paulcoxsharks.bsky.social
Proud to be CEO of Shark Trust, UK-based non-profit with a self explanatory name. Science communicator by training. Love all things shark, science, nature and a sprinkle of culture.
Another busy year for the Shark Trust. Highlights include launching the Shark Trust podcast, sharing critical messages at international conferences, and making significant strides with the Big Shark Pledge campaign - to name just a few!
Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout 2024. 💙🦈
Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout 2024. 💙🦈
December 24, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Another busy year for the Shark Trust. Highlights include launching the Shark Trust podcast, sharing critical messages at international conferences, and making significant strides with the Big Shark Pledge campaign - to name just a few!
Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout 2024. 💙🦈
Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout 2024. 💙🦈
The 2024 Basking Shark Project report is out. Check out what’s been spotted this year, what we’ve got planned for 2025 and what to do if you’re lucky enough to see one of these magnificent sharks.
#sharks #conservation #citizenscience #wildlife
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#sharks #conservation #citizenscience #wildlife
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Basking Shark Project 2024 report
A summary of the Basking Shark Project records from citizen scientists for 2024
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December 24, 2024 at 7:25 AM
The 2024 Basking Shark Project report is out. Check out what’s been spotted this year, what we’ve got planned for 2025 and what to do if you’re lucky enough to see one of these magnificent sharks.
#sharks #conservation #citizenscience #wildlife
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#sharks #conservation #citizenscience #wildlife
issuu.com/sharktrust/d...
“It’s worth remembering…10,000 tax-fearing farmers are getting a lot more media coverage than the 50,000 people who attended the Restore Nature Now march in June. Is this the real two-tier Britain?”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flat-cap Clarkson only wants his nose in the trough | Stewart Lee
The broadcaster thinks if he fires up his farming fanbase they can shield him from his obligation to contribute his fair share to society
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:12 PM
“It’s worth remembering…10,000 tax-fearing farmers are getting a lot more media coverage than the 50,000 people who attended the Restore Nature Now march in June. Is this the real two-tier Britain?”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🦈 Progress for Sharks & Rays at ICCAT last week!🦈
✅Manta & Devil Rays: The UK championed a ban on retention and promoted safe release.
✅Whale Sharks: The EU secured similar protections and plans to expand them to Basking & White Sharks next year.
✅Manta & Devil Rays: The UK championed a ban on retention and promoted safe release.
✅Whale Sharks: The EU secured similar protections and plans to expand them to Basking & White Sharks next year.
November 21, 2024 at 9:18 PM
🦈 Progress for Sharks & Rays at ICCAT last week!🦈
✅Manta & Devil Rays: The UK championed a ban on retention and promoted safe release.
✅Whale Sharks: The EU secured similar protections and plans to expand them to Basking & White Sharks next year.
✅Manta & Devil Rays: The UK championed a ban on retention and promoted safe release.
✅Whale Sharks: The EU secured similar protections and plans to expand them to Basking & White Sharks next year.
Frustratingly, Atlantic fishing nations have once again failed to agree on adopting a proposal to end at-sea removal of shark fins. Try and try again…
www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/18/u...
#shark #conservation #ICCAT #finzon
www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/18/u...
#shark #conservation #ICCAT #finzon
Unprecedented International Effort to Prevent Shark Finning Blocked by Japan & China - Shark League for the Atlantic and Mediterranean
ICCAT meeting ends in dramatic defeat of proposal to end at-sea fin removal while other shark safeguards advance Limassol, Cyprus. November 18, 2024. This year’s meeting of the International Commissio...
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November 18, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Frustratingly, Atlantic fishing nations have once again failed to agree on adopting a proposal to end at-sea removal of shark fins. Try and try again…
www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/18/u...
#shark #conservation #ICCAT #finzon
www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/18/u...
#shark #conservation #ICCAT #finzon
Here’s a beautiful pic of a butterfly ray for you.
These rays are known for their burying behaviour in the sand, a technique they use to camouflage themselves when resting during the day.
This can leave tell-tale Butterfly-Ray shaped imprints on the seabed.
📸 Andy Murch
These rays are known for their burying behaviour in the sand, a technique they use to camouflage themselves when resting during the day.
This can leave tell-tale Butterfly-Ray shaped imprints on the seabed.
📸 Andy Murch
November 18, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Here’s a beautiful pic of a butterfly ray for you.
These rays are known for their burying behaviour in the sand, a technique they use to camouflage themselves when resting during the day.
This can leave tell-tale Butterfly-Ray shaped imprints on the seabed.
📸 Andy Murch
These rays are known for their burying behaviour in the sand, a technique they use to camouflage themselves when resting during the day.
This can leave tell-tale Butterfly-Ray shaped imprints on the seabed.
📸 Andy Murch
This happening this weekend:
The fins-naturally-attached policy is now widely regarded as the best practice for ensuring finning ban compliance. The adoption of fins-naturally-attached is OVERDUE!
To read more: www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/01/i...
The fins-naturally-attached policy is now widely regarded as the best practice for ensuring finning ban compliance. The adoption of fins-naturally-attached is OVERDUE!
To read more: www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/01/i...
November 16, 2024 at 8:58 AM
This happening this weekend:
The fins-naturally-attached policy is now widely regarded as the best practice for ensuring finning ban compliance. The adoption of fins-naturally-attached is OVERDUE!
To read more: www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/01/i...
The fins-naturally-attached policy is now widely regarded as the best practice for ensuring finning ban compliance. The adoption of fins-naturally-attached is OVERDUE!
To read more: www.sharkleague.org/2024/11/01/i...
Hello Bluesky. Mostly going to be Shark Trust related on here. As a taster, here’s a current project which is drawing to a close this month. #Oceanic31 - check out the amazing artwork and, if you want, have a punt on getting one for yourself. www.sharktrust.org/oceanic31
Oceanic 31
Oceanic 31 is our new shark art exhibition. The Shark Trust has brought together artists from a variety of backgrounds who are passionate about wildlife, conservation, and using art as a tool for posi...
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November 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Hello Bluesky. Mostly going to be Shark Trust related on here. As a taster, here’s a current project which is drawing to a close this month. #Oceanic31 - check out the amazing artwork and, if you want, have a punt on getting one for yourself. www.sharktrust.org/oceanic31