Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) by © Greg Lecoeur
STEVEN SURINA DIVING INSTRUCTOR, UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHER,
LECTURER AND NATURALIST GUIDE FEATURE STEVEN SURINA TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH ALLY LANDES FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHERS GREG LECOEUR, SYLVIE AYER, FABRICE BOISSIER, DAVID GUILLEMET, THOMAS BAECHTOLD AND FABRICE DUDENHOFER
In addition to the awareness needed to defend sharks, more and more initiatives are being implemented, even if some seem very delayed for the conservation of certain endangered species. Even while there is still a long way to go and the preservation objectives are still insufficient, the observations seem less dramatic than those from the early 2000s.
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DIVERS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT | JUNE 2020