By Dorien Schröder, marine biologist To this day a lot of people would answer that question with shark finning. Even a lot of conservation organisations […]
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19
Jul
2019
What is actually threatening the sharks?
30
Jun
2019
New project: Shark Meat Sampling
Since three months, we are sampling shark meat in Dutch markets and other points of sale. The samples will be examined by the University of […]
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13
Jun
2019
Documenting Giant Skate Research in Orkney
As photographer of the Dutch Shark Society, Peter Verhoog (peterverhoog.com) documented the work of the Orkney Skate Trust, that is supported by World Wide Fund […]
More / MeerIn 2015 former Secretary of State Martijn van Dam promised the same: better protection for Dutch sharks and rays. In the Netherlands and the Caribbean. […]
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22
Apr
2019
Come visit us – and meet the baby rays!
Dutch shark Society is one of the partners in the project “Sharks and rays back into the North Sea” (see http://www.dutchsharksociety.org/sharks-and-rays-back-into-the-north-sea/). On Sunday May 19th, […]
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18
Apr
2019
Shark Fins confiscated at Schiphol Airport
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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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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