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Fins are changing
2010 Calendar Goes On Sale
Making a stand
Rick Stein stops selling shark
H&B Stops Selling Shark Cartilage
Waitrose Stops Swordfish
Seven year ditch
Down in ChinaTown
Sharkwater debut at UK cinemas
L'Oreal - Because Shark's are Worth It!
Horrid day at Harrods
Ocean's twelve
Calendar girl takes top shot
Making a killing out of sharks
Keeping the faith
Dead in the water
Oceanic whitetip closer to extinction
Bite-Back serves up shark victory
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OCEANS 12 - Unique Calendar Goes on Sale!
Leading photographers support Bite-Back
Twelve of the world’s most remarkable, award-winning, underwater photographers have joined forces in a unique collaboration to support Bite-Back, the shark and marine conservation organisation.
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Month by month, legendary photographers including Jeff Rotman, Doug Perrine, Alex Mustard, David Doubilet, Brian Skerry, Amos Nachoum and Michael Aw have combined breathtaking images with thought-provoking commentary on the status of the oceans to make this high quality A4 calendar an essential for scuba divers.
High definition underwater images from around the world, including sharks, turtles, moray eel, crown nose rays, shrimp and humpback whales showcase the true beauty beneath the waves, while first-hand insights from each photographer on the demise of the oceans highlight key issues challenging the marine environment.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: "This is an extraordinary collection of images from an extraordinary group of individuals. We're proud to have their support for our pioneering campaigns and grateful for the opportunity to share their profound observations and wisdom."
Since its launch, Bite-Back has continued to pioneer a series of initiatives to tackle the issue of over-fishing – the single biggest threat facing the marine environment – by addressing the problem of over-consumption. Its campaigns have resulted in a series of significant breakthroughs with retailers such as ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Somerfield, Tesco, Waitrose, Holland & Barratt and Wagamama.
Graham said: “Bite-Back’s ambition to defend the high seas by changing the high street is working and soon there will come a time when we’ll look back in shame that shark, swordfish and marlin ever appeared on supermarket shelves or restaurant menus.”
In 2009, the group motivated Waitrose to halt the sale of swordfish and inspired the country’s most famous fish restaurateur, Rick Stein, to stop selling shark.
In a perfect endorsement of Bite-Back’s work, great white shark expert, Mike Rutzen, said: “Sympathy for sharks is in short supply but it’s time to change our point of view before we lose them forever. These magnificent creatures deserve the same reverence as lions and tigers, yet we’re slaughtering them with blatant disregard for the consequences.
"Bite-Back’s campaign to devalue dead sharks is proving enormously successful. Please buy this excellent calendar and help them continue to inspire a change of fortune for sharks and other threatened marine species.”
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