World-Spirit
17th April 2009
Inspired by the TWITTER-fever we now have our own (english) blog on TWITTER.com!
Please feel free to follow us at twitter.com/sharkspirit !
7th November 2008
Please find our new galleries featuring photos from our latest journey to Indonesia (North Sulawesi):
1. "Indonesien - Gangga Island Resort 2008".
2. "Indonesien - Liburan 2008"
3. "Indonesien - Lembeh Strait 2008"
 
28th September 2008
We have come across the following video on YouTube which is showing the fishing of a pretty large Tigershark by fishermen in Indonesia. The video is probably taken from an Italian documentation.
We have also ask the person who published the video on the website to give a short comment on it:
"This video shows the traditional fishing of a large tiger shark to take advantage of all its parts as opposed to industrial fishing and indiscriminate that practice "finning" and is causing the extinction of most species of our oceans. The images belong to an Italian film titled squali il terror dei Mari."
What do YOU think? Do we have the right to accuse local fishermen for the way they make their living from the ocean while industrial fishing is pushing oceans´ life to the edge of existence? Is there any alternative way we can support local people to make their contibution to the protection of these wonderful animals without losing their own (financial) basis?
Please feel free to leave your comment on this topic in our guestbook!
23rd September, 2008
There is currently no news about the shark fishing proposal in Australia. We´ll keep you updated as soon as we receive any news.
21st July, 2008 Horrific shark fishing/finning proposal in Australia
Please read the following message from which we received from Andy Cobb. We do not know, whether he is the author but due to this alarming message we decided to place it here:
"Please visit this link and learn about Queensland's proposal to set up shark fishing, including that for the international shark finning campaign, and consider sending the letter with your comments.
http://www.amcs.org.au/default2.asp?active_page_id=490
I was disgusted, appalled and deeply disturbed by this proposal. I earned my divers' certification in Queensland, and this seems like the absolute LEAST likely thing to even be proposed there. The government and Queenslanders have traditionally promoted preservation, strict diving rules, protection of species, etc. What drugs are they smoking?
Here were my additional comments:
Though I am from the United States (which surely has its own environmental offenses to correct), I earned my diving certification in Queensland. I was impressed by the governments efforts, through preservation programs and strict diving rules, to protect the ecosystems of the Barrier Reef and endangered marine life in general. This proposal not only surprises me but absolutely appalls me. Shark finning is among the most horrifying practices inflicted on wildlife populations today, and its destructive effects, along with irresponsible fishing, have reduced shark populations dramatically. I hope that Queensland, as an already recognized defender of marine preservation, will set an example for the world to follow in stopping this proposal.
Please help us, whether you are Australian or not, to join the voices in support of shark preservation and against this proposal."
These pictures from have been provided by Andrew Cobb:
  
If you decide to support this campaign, we would be happy to receive your short feedback in out guestbook!
4th July, 2008
We are more than happy to announce, that more than 10.000 people have visited our website since its launch in December 2007. As we already did in the past, we will try to update this site regularly to provide you with pictures, travel reports and further information regarding the underwater world.
If you have any comments or ideas please feel free to contact us via our guestbook or via email.
Thanks for all your support so far!
22nd May, 2008
Some additional photos made in Egypt during 2004 and 2006 have been added to our photo gallery.
30th April, 2008
We are happy to present our first international pages at Shark-Spirit.com and welcome our international visitors! Please find some news and information in our english section World-Spirit! The first report your will find is about our Tigershark-Dive at Umkomaas in South Africa.
We will be happpy to receive your comments, ideas and support to build up this international part of our website!
18th December, 2007
Guestbook entry :
"Dear Timo, congratulations on following your passion to let people know how important the sharks are and why it is so important to protect them. The Oceans regulators are highly threatened and at 200-million a year being killed, the scientists who follow this phenomena, predict that in 10-years there will not be enough shark to regulate the ocean. Without the sharks, the ocean dies."
From Andrew Cobb, the Sharkproject Ambassador to South Africa.
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