The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, which supports research at NSU’s Oceanographic Center (OC), held a fundraising dinner in The Arena at the Don Taft University Center on NSU’s main campus, on Oct. 27, 2010. Led by Guy Harvey, Ph.D., a renowned artist and marine conservationist, the nonprofit foundation helps ensure that future generations will enjoy and benefit from a naturally balanced ocean ecosystem, where fish and other marine wildlife flourish.
The fundraiser featured Mahmood Shivji, Ph.D., director of the Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) at the OC and NSU genetics and conservation biology professor. GHRI is dedicated to conducting the research required for conservation and proper management of the world’s wild fishes. Money from the fundraiser will be used to benefit GHRI and the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation. According to Shivji, the tiger sharks off of Bermuda are able to be tracked due to the sat tags that are placed on their dorsal fins, as a result these sharks are all travelling on the same path. These sharks are tagged in Bermuda and they are seem to make it down to the islands of the Bahamas for awhile then they’ll travel back North to Bermuda. Now these scientist need to figure out why this happens, which will be the next part of their study.
The fundraiser theme was to Celebrate Sharks, so Guy Harvey asked Jim Abernethy to present as well. Jim was able to bring across the point that fisheries are destroying sharks worldwide and even now in our backyard, the Bahamas. Jim was able to share his relationship with the sharks at Tiger Beach to show that these animals are not man-eaters like Hollywood has them out to be. At the end of the presentation Jim showed us the trailer for the film that he, Guy Harvey, and Wyland filmed just recently off the MV Shearwater. I am not able to share the trailer on this site but I was able to post see it on Facebook. Photos below are from the event!
Coming soon to your tv set….”This is Your Ocean: Sharks”:
3 artist set out on a journey to bring light of the situation haunting the Bahamas. Foreign fishing boats are trying to get permits for killing sharks in the Bahamas….THIS CAN NOT HAPPEN or we will lose animals like Emma, the famous 14ft tiger shark of Tiger Beach! Stay tune for when this will be aired…until then watch this trailer and sign this petition http://www.causes.com/causes/433505?m=9e4cc0c7&recruiter_id=44401854
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by Nikole
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