Action

What Can You Do to Help Save the Sharks, Whales, Dolphins, Turtles, Rays, Dugongs and many fish species from the Shark Nets in NSW and QLD?

1. Sign Our Petition – the more signatures of support we receive will help to save marine life

2. Spread the Word - tell your friends and family, share it on your Facebook, MySpace, blog and Twitter pages

3. Learn More About Sharks – abandon any fears by learning about shark species, sometimes fear is based on the unknown and assumptions

4. Forget all those Myths and Drama in the Media – once whales were also called the monsters of the sea and many people slaughtered them as soon as they encountered them; now the myth is dispelled and many whales are protected and loved!

5. Volunteer:

• At Events – I need some help at the Remove Shark Nets stall to talk to people and educate them about Sharks and the Shark Nets and to hopefully get some signatures
• Blog – Do you have your own experience of species that you have seen within the shark nets or are you just a lover of sharks and want to express your concern? Post your blogs on this website or if you Video Blog you can copy and paste a link from You Tube
• Your Skills - I am looking for divers/ free divers/ fishermen/ boaties in QLD and NSW to check and report on the nets every so often, your help would be greatly appreciated and would help us understand first hand some of the problems the nets are causing.

For more information on Volunteering with Remove Shark Nets please email me at info@removesharknets.com

EVENTS 2009

Coming Soon…

June 6-11, 2010 – Sharks International Conference, Cairns QLD, Australia

Key note speaker: Geremy Cliff (KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa)

The KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board are responsible for the destructive practice of installing shark nets for “bather protection” in South Africa. Harmless sharks, turtles, dolphins, and rays die each year by entanglement in the approximately 28 km of nets off South African beaches.

If you live in Cairns or are visiting Cairns in June 2010, voice your concern about the Shark netting program – see you there! The Rydges Esplanade, Cairns.

Sharks International Conference

Kirra Surf Stock Festival

November 2009

I will be at the Surfrider Foundation tent at the Kirra Surf  Stock Festival on Sunday, 8 November 2009.

Come along to sign the petition to Remove Shark Nets from Australian Beaches...

World Environment Day 2009 – Remove Shark Nets Australia

June 2009

Thanks to all the supporters who signed the “Remove Shark Nets” petition at the World Environment Day festival at Winders Park, Currumbin, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia – Sunday 7th June from 10am-5pm.

Despite the wet start we gathered over 160 signatures and educated many people about the impacts of the Shark Nets on many marine mammals particularly dolphins and also the catch of sharks that pose no direct threat to humans.

We met many locals and visitors who were supporting the Removal of the Shark Nets as they had seen first hand some of the harm that has been caused to marine life.

At www.removesharknets.com we hope to have  more factual information available for you soon where you can learn about the strategy used (is it effective?) to protect beach users from incidental encounters with sharks. And if you want to find out more then simply contact me at caro.surfer@gmail.com and I will help you out as much as I can!

I was happy to meet many young school students who have done school projects on Shark Nets, I will endeavor to put resources online for schools so that all teachers and children can have some resources and facts about the shark nets.

Stay tuned for more events where you can find our petition stall!

Caroline