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TRACC.org working on coral reef conservation in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia has been chosen as WINNER in the Water category for 2016. We were nominated in 2016 as one of the three finalists in the category water for the Energy Globe World Award 2016. The Energy Globe Award is an important award...

I run the global Shark survey and am chairman of Shark Savers Malaysia. I also teach marine science courses for divers on an island close to Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia. The Tropical Research and Conservation Centre (TRACC), protects coral, turtles and sharks, please help us protect the part...

Thanks dandy I am hoping that lots of members here will contribute to the global shark survey. We all need to do what we can.

Thanks for the reference to shark breeding attempts, I will check it out. We are not farming for fins! It doesn't make sense, we have spent years getting sharks onto the protected species list. Where I work, Sharks have low population densities, moving the few remaining individuals into a...

Shark farming is possible! As a marine biologist, commercial aquarium owner, fish farmer and committed shark conservationist the possibility of shark farming comes up regularly as a way of increasing shark populations for Marine protected areas. We have bred 6 different shark species and...

If you have done any dives, anywhere, the global shark survey needs your data. Simple stuff that you have in your logbook. how many hours, when, where and how many sharks you saw. Most of your dives will have no sharks seen, thats OK - send them anyway. With the data for Sabah Malaysia we...

By the way - The Sipadan thread about reef damage - the data about 98% reduction in shark numbers is from my team, We run the global shark survey - have YOU added your data? The news reports are because we have been active and have persuaded the Sabah State cabinet to change the law, The...

The good news is that we have persuaded the Sabah state government to add sharks and some rays to the protected species list - many news report on facebook save sharks in sabah or on our website. Our campaign for the whole of Malaysia kicks off 18th Nov 2011 - see our objectives. We have been...