More than 200 kilos of shark fins intercepted at SchipholA batch of 217 kilograms of dried shark fins that customs intercepted at Schiphol was seized […]
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18
Apr
2019
Shark Fins confiscated at Schiphol Airport
25
Feb
2019
Fossil Sharks and Rays: Blast from the Past!
Let me introduce myself … my name is Monique Welten; I studied biology at Leiden University and obtained my PhD at Leiden University in 2007. […]
More / MeerThe thornback ray belongs in the habitat along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium, but has almost disappeared here due to overfishing. The species […]
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21
Nov
2018
Kimberley Goes South-Africa: Looking Back!
When I signed up for the internship of 3 months I was really looking forward to it, but I also wondered if it was not […]
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01
Nov
2018
Kimberley in SA: big sharks at last!
Time flies. Another 2,5 week and then my stay here comes to an end… Fortunately, we have had many days at sea in the past […]
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18
Oct
2018
Shark bytes – EEA 2018 conference summary
This past weekend the European Elasmobranch Association conference was held in Peniche, Portugal. The Saturday started with a talk by keynote speaker Gavin Naylor, on […]
More / MeerWhat a great way to start the week!!! After the big beach-cleanup in Hermanus we did a ‘volunteer only trip’. This means that only volunteers […]
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19
Sep
2018
Shark & Rays back into the North Sea: First tagged thornback ray recaptured and registered!
Project Partners WWF NL, Sportvisserij Nederland, Dutch Shark Society, Blue Linked and The NorthSea Foundation report: The first tagged thornback ray has surfaced, both in […]
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16
Sep
2018
Kimberley goes SA: a cake, kids and sharks!
The first real week of the 21 ocean days. A busy week, and actually we did a beach clean-up almost every day! Something that is […]
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22
Aug
2018
Kimberley saw her first great white shark!
In the first two days, I explored Cape Town and visited the Two Oceans Aquarium, before I was joined by other volunteers and we were picked up […]
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