SHARK WATCH
In our life time, a change has occurred and our selachian cousins are no longer feared but now rather respected, appreciated and marvelled at.
Unfortunately the senseless slaughter of sharks for the fining industry has taken a heavy toll on the number of sharks in our oceans and some species are now critically endangered with 90% of their population wiped out.
Shark Watch hopes to use known identifying techniques and methods to catalogue sharks in Thailand into a simple data base
This will include all Sharks, Whale Sharks, and Manta Rays.
With this information we hope to bring you regular updates on where you may find and dive with our sharks and rays.
Also we hope that this data will be used by Shark Conservation agencies and universities to help monitor the shark population in Thailand.
We also would be interested to learn of any shark fishing that goes on in Thailand and would welcome our members to send in photographic evidence (Date/ Area etc )
This project will be run by The Dive Tribe in conjunction with all our affiliate dive centers and Mahidol University International College (Science Department) in Thailand .
We hope that we can rely on your help to make our seas around Thailand a safer place for our sharks.
Save Our Sharks
Stop shark fishing and finning in Thailand !
It's too barbaric to imagine, but it still happens. Fishermen catching sharks at our local Dive Sites in Thailand, and also finning where the sharks fins are cut off and the shark cast back into the water to die. This horrific practice is already prohibited in the marine parks in Thailand but with evidence collected it seems to continue without punishment.
Your signature can encourage Thailand to prepare and implement plans for shark conservation and management.
This petition implores Thailand to stop the fishing of sharks at our local dive sites and the banning of finning in there local waters and around the dive sites.
Sharks play a critical role in ocean ecosystems. Their numbers are beginning to dwindle. Please help them today!!
Sign now: Encourage Suwit Khunkitti - Minister for Natural Resource and Environment to take action immediately to protect the shark populations in Thailand and stop shark finning.
Go To Petition Here
Please Help Us !
Sharks need our help now more than ever
Your donation will allow us to lobby ministers,
work with the Thai communities to educate &
instigate public awareness campaigns throughout Thailand
Thank You From All The Team at DT
Critically Endangered Sharks :
Anoxypristis cuspidata : Knifetooth Sawfish
Pristis microdon : Freshwater Sawfish
Pristis pectinata : Smalltooth Sawfish
Pristis zijsron : Green Sawfish
Rhina ancylostoma : Bowmouth Guitarfish
Endangered :
Eusphyra blochii : Winghead Shark
Galeocerdo cuvier : Tiger Shark
Himantura chaophraya : Giant Freshwater Ray
Rhinobatos granulatus : Granulated Shovel-nose Ray
Rhinobatos schlegelii : Yellow Guitarfish
Rhinobatos thouini : Clubnose Guitarfish
Rhinobatos typus : Common/Giant Shovel-nose Ray
Sphyrna leweni : Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Sphyrna mokarran :Great Hammerhead Shark
Vulnurable :
Amphothistes laoensis : Mekong Ray
Carcharhinus albimarginatus : Silvertip Shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides : Graceful Shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos : Gray Reef Shark
Carcharhinus amboinensis : Pigeye Shark
Carcharhinus borneensis : Borneo Shark
Carcharhinus branchyurus : Copper Shark
Carcharhinus leucas : Bull Shark
Carcharhinus limbatus : Blacktip Shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus : Blacktip Reef Shark
Carcharhinus obscurus : Dusky Shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus : Sandbar Shark
Carcharhinus sealei : Blackspot Shark
Carcharhinus sorrah : Spot-tail Shark
Carcharhinus taurus : Sand Tiger Shark
Chiloscyllium plagiosum : Whitespotted Bamboo Shark
Dasyatis brevicaudatus : Short-tailed Stingray
Dasyatis microps : Smalleye Stingray
Hemipristis Elongatus : Snaggletooth Shark
Himantura bleekeri : Bleeker's Whip Ray
Himantura krempfi : Marbled Freshwater Whip Ray
Himantura signifer : White-edge Freshwater Whip Ray
Himantura uarnak : Honey Comb Sting Ray
Hypolophus sephen : Cow-tail Sting Ray
Manta birostris : Manta Ray
Mobula eregoodootenkee : Pygmy Devil Ray
Mobula japonica : Spine-tail Devil Ray
Mobula thurstoni : Smooth-tail Devil Ray
Narcine brunnea : Brown Numbfish
Narcine indica : Indian Numbfish
Narcine maculata : Darkfin Numbfish
Narcine prodorsalis : Tonkin Numbfish
Narke dipterygia : Numb Ray
Negaprion acutidens : Sharptooth Lemon Shark
Rhincodon typus : Whale Shark
Rhinobatos halavi : Halavi's Guitarfish
Rhizoprionodon acutus : Milk Shark
Rhizoprionodon oligolinx : Grey sharpnose Shark
Rhynchobatus australiae : Whitespotted Shovel-nose Ray
Scoliodon laticaudus : Spadenose Shark
Stegostoma fasciatum : Leopard Shark
Temera hardwickii : Finless Sleeper Ray
Triaenodon obesus : Whitetip Reef Shark
Urogymnus asperrimus : Porcupine Ray
Near Threatened :
Chiloscyllium grisceum : Grey Bamboo Shark
Chiloscyllium indicum : Slender Bamboo Shark
Chiloscyllium punctatum : Banded Bamboo Shark
Data Deficient :
Aetomylaeus maculatus : Mottled Eagle Ray
Aetomylaeus milvus : Eagle Ray
Aetomylaeus verspertilio : Ornated Eagle Ray
Rhinoptera adspersa : Rough Cownose Ray
Rhinoptera javanica : Javanese Cownose Ray
Taeniura meyeni : Marbled Ray
Himantura kittipongi : Meklong Freshwater Ray
Unfortunately the senseless slaughter of sharks for the fining industry has taken a heavy toll on the number of sharks in our oceans and some species are now critically endangered with 90% of their population wiped out.
Shark Watch hopes to use known identifying techniques and methods to catalogue sharks in Thailand into a simple data base
This will include all Sharks, Whale Sharks, and Manta Rays.
With this information we hope to bring you regular updates on where you may find and dive with our sharks and rays.
Also we hope that this data will be used by Shark Conservation agencies and universities to help monitor the shark population in Thailand.
We also would be interested to learn of any shark fishing that goes on in Thailand and would welcome our members to send in photographic evidence (Date/ Area etc )
This project will be run by The Dive Tribe in conjunction with all our affiliate dive centers and Mahidol University International College (Science Department) in Thailand .
We hope that we can rely on your help to make our seas around Thailand a safer place for our sharks.
Save Our Sharks
Stop shark fishing and finning in Thailand !
It's too barbaric to imagine, but it still happens. Fishermen catching sharks at our local Dive Sites in Thailand, and also finning where the sharks fins are cut off and the shark cast back into the water to die. This horrific practice is already prohibited in the marine parks in Thailand but with evidence collected it seems to continue without punishment.
Your signature can encourage Thailand to prepare and implement plans for shark conservation and management.
This petition implores Thailand to stop the fishing of sharks at our local dive sites and the banning of finning in there local waters and around the dive sites.
Sharks play a critical role in ocean ecosystems. Their numbers are beginning to dwindle. Please help them today!!
Sign now: Encourage Suwit Khunkitti - Minister for Natural Resource and Environment to take action immediately to protect the shark populations in Thailand and stop shark finning.
Go To Petition Here
Please Help Us !
Sharks need our help now more than ever
Your donation will allow us to lobby ministers,
work with the Thai communities to educate &
instigate public awareness campaigns throughout Thailand
Thank You From All The Team at DT
Critically Endangered Sharks :
Anoxypristis cuspidata : Knifetooth Sawfish
Pristis microdon : Freshwater Sawfish
Pristis pectinata : Smalltooth Sawfish
Pristis zijsron : Green Sawfish
Rhina ancylostoma : Bowmouth Guitarfish
Endangered :
Eusphyra blochii : Winghead Shark
Galeocerdo cuvier : Tiger Shark
Himantura chaophraya : Giant Freshwater Ray
Rhinobatos granulatus : Granulated Shovel-nose Ray
Rhinobatos schlegelii : Yellow Guitarfish
Rhinobatos thouini : Clubnose Guitarfish
Rhinobatos typus : Common/Giant Shovel-nose Ray
Sphyrna leweni : Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Sphyrna mokarran :Great Hammerhead Shark
Vulnurable :
Amphothistes laoensis : Mekong Ray
Carcharhinus albimarginatus : Silvertip Shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides : Graceful Shark
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos : Gray Reef Shark
Carcharhinus amboinensis : Pigeye Shark
Carcharhinus borneensis : Borneo Shark
Carcharhinus branchyurus : Copper Shark
Carcharhinus leucas : Bull Shark
Carcharhinus limbatus : Blacktip Shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus : Blacktip Reef Shark
Carcharhinus obscurus : Dusky Shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus : Sandbar Shark
Carcharhinus sealei : Blackspot Shark
Carcharhinus sorrah : Spot-tail Shark
Carcharhinus taurus : Sand Tiger Shark
Chiloscyllium plagiosum : Whitespotted Bamboo Shark
Dasyatis brevicaudatus : Short-tailed Stingray
Dasyatis microps : Smalleye Stingray
Hemipristis Elongatus : Snaggletooth Shark
Himantura bleekeri : Bleeker's Whip Ray
Himantura krempfi : Marbled Freshwater Whip Ray
Himantura signifer : White-edge Freshwater Whip Ray
Himantura uarnak : Honey Comb Sting Ray
Hypolophus sephen : Cow-tail Sting Ray
Manta birostris : Manta Ray
Mobula eregoodootenkee : Pygmy Devil Ray
Mobula japonica : Spine-tail Devil Ray
Mobula thurstoni : Smooth-tail Devil Ray
Narcine brunnea : Brown Numbfish
Narcine indica : Indian Numbfish
Narcine maculata : Darkfin Numbfish
Narcine prodorsalis : Tonkin Numbfish
Narke dipterygia : Numb Ray
Negaprion acutidens : Sharptooth Lemon Shark
Rhincodon typus : Whale Shark
Rhinobatos halavi : Halavi's Guitarfish
Rhizoprionodon acutus : Milk Shark
Rhizoprionodon oligolinx : Grey sharpnose Shark
Rhynchobatus australiae : Whitespotted Shovel-nose Ray
Scoliodon laticaudus : Spadenose Shark
Stegostoma fasciatum : Leopard Shark
Temera hardwickii : Finless Sleeper Ray
Triaenodon obesus : Whitetip Reef Shark
Urogymnus asperrimus : Porcupine Ray
Near Threatened :
Chiloscyllium grisceum : Grey Bamboo Shark
Chiloscyllium indicum : Slender Bamboo Shark
Chiloscyllium punctatum : Banded Bamboo Shark
Data Deficient :
Aetomylaeus maculatus : Mottled Eagle Ray
Aetomylaeus milvus : Eagle Ray
Aetomylaeus verspertilio : Ornated Eagle Ray
Rhinoptera adspersa : Rough Cownose Ray
Rhinoptera javanica : Javanese Cownose Ray
Taeniura meyeni : Marbled Ray
Himantura kittipongi : Meklong Freshwater Ray