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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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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...
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SOSF Ocean Storytelling Film Grant 2025
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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-...
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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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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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-...
Hammerheads in rivers? In Cape York’s mangrove-lined waterways, great hammerheads push more than 20 km upstream, surprising Nicolas Lubitz and team, and upending assumptions about where these endangered predators live.
What drives them into these rivers?
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What drives them into these rivers?
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Hammerheads as river monsters?
Throughout the first year of our journey to uncover the secret lives of hammerheads and what habitats are crucial to their survival, we have made many interesting discoveries; one of which surprised a...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Hammerheads in rivers? In Cape York’s mangrove-lined waterways, great hammerheads push more than 20 km upstream, surprising Nicolas Lubitz and team, and upending assumptions about where these endangered predators live.
What drives them into these rivers?
saveourseas.com/update/hamme...
What drives them into these rivers?
saveourseas.com/update/hamme...
A changing sky above a changing sea is affecting our ability to follow wide-ranging species across the ocean’s most unreachable places.
Find out more about how changes in the satellite constellation influence tracking networks in Sophie Prendergast’s blog.
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Find out more about how changes in the satellite constellation influence tracking networks in Sophie Prendergast’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/houst...
Houston, We Have a Problem
The importance of satellite constellations for collecting location and archival data from marine organisms and what happens when systems change Understanding the movement patterns of migratory marin...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A changing sky above a changing sea is affecting our ability to follow wide-ranging species across the ocean’s most unreachable places.
Find out more about how changes in the satellite constellation influence tracking networks in Sophie Prendergast’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/houst...
Find out more about how changes in the satellite constellation influence tracking networks in Sophie Prendergast’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/houst...
A true oddity of the sea, the red-lipped batfish has evolved adaptations perfect for a life on the seafloor. Its pectoral and pelvic fins have evolved into 'legs' that allow it to waddle along the bottom.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A true oddity of the sea, the red-lipped batfish has evolved adaptations perfect for a life on the seafloor. Its pectoral and pelvic fins have evolved into 'legs' that allow it to waddle along the bottom.
"For species hanging on by a thread, Appendix II is not enough, and even stronger protections — such as Appendix I, which bans all trade — is needed to save them from extinction," says David Shiffman, marine conservation biologist.
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For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"For species hanging on by a thread, Appendix II is not enough, and even stronger protections — such as Appendix I, which bans all trade — is needed to save them from extinction," says David Shiffman, marine conservation biologist.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
Over the years, Project Lemon Aid has allowed students to engage directly with sharks in their natural habitat. Students learn what it is to care for their ocean and its inhabitants. Discover what the programme meant to them in Jillian Morris’ blog.
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The Impact of Shark Science for Students
I grew up in a small town in Maine and still remember the one person who visited our school to talk about animals — a man with bats. I don’t remember his name or what organisation he worked for, but I...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Over the years, Project Lemon Aid has allowed students to engage directly with sharks in their natural habitat. Students learn what it is to care for their ocean and its inhabitants. Discover what the programme meant to them in Jillian Morris’ blog.
saveourseas.com/update/the-i...
saveourseas.com/update/the-i...
n an effort to identify and protect critical habitats and feeding grounds for Fiordland’s sharks, Eva Ramey and team are using baited underwater video cameras (BUVs) to survey the coastal ecosystems of Dusky Sound. saveourseas.com/update/takin...
Taking the Bait: Sharks, Prey, and Mysteries Beneath Fiordland’s Waves
During one of the mid-afternoon Baited Underwater Video (BUV) surveys in Dusky Sound, Fiordland, a small school shark circled curiously around the bait canister in front of the GoPro. Then, suddenly, ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
n an effort to identify and protect critical habitats and feeding grounds for Fiordland’s sharks, Eva Ramey and team are using baited underwater video cameras (BUVs) to survey the coastal ecosystems of Dusky Sound. saveourseas.com/update/takin...
Nearly all species of wedgefishes and giant guitarfishes are critically endangered. But with strong science measuring the impact of policy, and new genetic tools available to border officials, there is every chance that these 'rhino rays' can recover.
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nearly all species of wedgefishes and giant guitarfishes are critically endangered. But with strong science measuring the impact of policy, and new genetic tools available to border officials, there is every chance that these 'rhino rays' can recover.
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson
Reposted by Save Our Seas Foundation
Went out trying to catch and tag Chimaera monstrosa, ghostsharks, for the #SOSF_GhostTrack / #NFR_PUFFINS projects. Didn’t manage to catch any unfortunately, but we did catch a beautiful blackmouth catshark 🦈 We’ll try again next week!
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Went out trying to catch and tag Chimaera monstrosa, ghostsharks, for the #SOSF_GhostTrack / #NFR_PUFFINS projects. Didn’t manage to catch any unfortunately, but we did catch a beautiful blackmouth catshark 🦈 We’ll try again next week!
@saveourseas.bsky.social
@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
@saveourseas.bsky.social
@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
Genetic tests have shown that Malpelo Island’s eagle rays have links to the Indo-Pacific, highlighting their vast migrations and the vital role this remote sanctuary plays in global marine networks. More below in Laura González Gordon’s blog.
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Uncovering hidden links between the Indo-Pacific and Malpelo Island: what eagle ray genetics taught us
How it all began When we first started this project in 2024, we decided to study the spotted eagle ray in Malpelo Island, a vulnerable species that wasn’t well studied in the region, but still plays...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Genetic tests have shown that Malpelo Island’s eagle rays have links to the Indo-Pacific, highlighting their vast migrations and the vital role this remote sanctuary plays in global marine networks. More below in Laura González Gordon’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/uncov...
saveourseas.com/update/uncov...
Fear and reverence for sharks and rays shape coastal life in Cameroon. Cyndi Karel Ngnah is using community stories and animation to shift perceptions, helping children see these animals not as threats but as key components for ocean health.
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Changing perceptions of sharks and rays in Cameroon
When 35-year-old fisherman Robert Innocent casts his nets in Kribi, he looks for signs of sharks and rays. To him, they are a promise of abundant fish. To scientists, they are guardians of the ocean. ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fear and reverence for sharks and rays shape coastal life in Cameroon. Cyndi Karel Ngnah is using community stories and animation to shift perceptions, helping children see these animals not as threats but as key components for ocean health.
saveourseas.com/update/chang...
saveourseas.com/update/chang...
The cownose ray uses electroreception to search sandy seafloors for burrowing prey, like clams. Then, using its long pectoral fins, it stirs up the sediment and uncovers its prey. It grabs it with its mouth, crushing it between its strong, plate-like teeth.
📷: Nick Filmalter
📷: Nick Filmalter
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The cownose ray uses electroreception to search sandy seafloors for burrowing prey, like clams. Then, using its long pectoral fins, it stirs up the sediment and uncovers its prey. It grabs it with its mouth, crushing it between its strong, plate-like teeth.
📷: Nick Filmalter
📷: Nick Filmalter
Sharks have mastered the ocean for more than 400 million years, yet the threat that they may lose much of their remarkable diversity exists.
If current extinction rates hold, sharks with the most distinctive bodies and ecological roles are most at risk.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/vanishi...
If current extinction rates hold, sharks with the most distinctive bodies and ecological roles are most at risk.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/vanishi...
Vanishing variety: "Unusual" sharks face highest extinction risk - Oceanographic
If current extinction rates hold, Earth’s sharks may soon lose their diversity, threatening the delicate balance of marine ecosystems.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Sharks have mastered the ocean for more than 400 million years, yet the threat that they may lose much of their remarkable diversity exists.
If current extinction rates hold, sharks with the most distinctive bodies and ecological roles are most at risk.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/vanishi...
If current extinction rates hold, sharks with the most distinctive bodies and ecological roles are most at risk.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/vanishi...
Largely understudied, the lesser guitarfish is finally getting its moment. Early acoustic tracking data show strong local residency, but a few individuals disrupt this trend entirely, challenging assumptions about this South African endemic. Read Taryn Murray’s blog.
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saveourseas.com/update/from-...
From the shadows to the spotlight: Story of the lesser guitarfish
South Africa is a global hotspot for shark and ray species, boasting 191 species of which 34 are endemic – only being found in South African waters. Of these is the lesser guitarfish Acroteriobatus an...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Largely understudied, the lesser guitarfish is finally getting its moment. Early acoustic tracking data show strong local residency, but a few individuals disrupt this trend entirely, challenging assumptions about this South African endemic. Read Taryn Murray’s blog.
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
saveourseas.com/update/from-...
Following a blanket shark fishing ban in Timor-Leste’s artisanal fisheries, Adriana Gonzalez Pestana is working alongside fishers to help create policies that protect both local livelihoods and vulnerable species.
saveourseas.com/update/livin...
saveourseas.com/update/livin...
Living with Sharks and Rays in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a small, extraordinarily biodiverse nation with artisanal, community-based fisheries. Each community typically operates few vessels (10–30) from beach landing sites; most are wind- or p...
saveourseas.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Following a blanket shark fishing ban in Timor-Leste’s artisanal fisheries, Adriana Gonzalez Pestana is working alongside fishers to help create policies that protect both local livelihoods and vulnerable species.
saveourseas.com/update/livin...
saveourseas.com/update/livin...