A company on Amazon currently sells baby sharks in jars in the U.S. The shark species harvested and killed for these ‘shark souvenirs’ are spiny dogfish sharks, a Vulnerable species. Selling dead sharks in a bottle jar is worrying for several reasons. Firstly, it promotes and glamorizes shark souvenirs, creating a market for more dead […]
Shark Heroes: Jim Abernethy
The sharkophile staff is happy to announce that a new interview with a shark legend is releasing this week. Jim Abernethy: award-winning author, photographer, cinematographer, and conservationist who pioneered shark encounters without a cage, will speak to our editor in California-Nathan Perisic. From a young age, scuba diving is Abernethy’s inspiration for his life’s work […]
