Florida has become the USA’s 15th state to ban the shark fin trade! Florida is an epicenter of the shark fin trade. Florida Governor DeSantis signed the shark fin trade ban—the Kristin Jacobs Ocean Conservation Act (SB680)—into law. The bill bans shipping fins across state borders as well as the import or shipping of international…
Another huge shark fin seizure in HK! This time nearly 2 tonnes of dried shark fins believed to be from endangered species worth an estimated HK$1.45 million (US$187,000) was found hidden in a shipping container arriving in Hong Kong from Indonesia on Monday November 9. We must work harder to educate people to say NO…
Have your heard about the “DRIED OCEAN” phenomenon? Listen to this new Trash Talk podcast form RTHK and learn more: https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=1432&lang=zh-CN TRASH TALK explains the ins and outs of recycling in Hong Kong. Don’t just throw away household items – listen to TRASH TALK and discover tips and tricks that make your trash disposal and…
COMING SOON. Celebrating #SharkWeek at Hong Kong Race Week January 19-24, 2021. Join us at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) Middle Island for a week of sailing fun and raising awareness about shark conservation! #HKRW2021
Awesome “Shooting-It-Raw” podcast interview by the insightful and compassionate interviewer Ran Elfassy. Honoured to have our Executive Director Andrea Richey be chosen to talk about our shark conservation work at Hong Kong Shark Foundation. Grateful to Ran for helping us raise awareness about how 1/3 of sharks are near extinction with over 100 million killed…
Hong Kong Shark Foundation has joined the influential Coalition for Aquatic Conservation (CAC), https://www.protect.fish, a global movement led by The Aquatic Life Institute. The CAC is dedicated to protecting and improving the welfare of all marine life and HKSF is DEDICATED to protecting sharks!!! “As sentient beings, aquatic animals should be treated with humane practices in…
Doug Woodring, founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance, with reusable masks from the SpyHop Facewear collection that supports shark protection. Photo: Xiaomei Chen The mask is part of the SpyHop Facewear collection released by Ocean Recovery Alliance (ORA), a non-profit Woodring founded in 2010 that focuses on improving ocean health. Like many environmentalists in the city,…
Know your neighbor: Andrea Richey Her eyes fire up as she explains that 50% of the 100 million sharks are killed every year for their fins, land in our neighbourhood, the Sai Ying Pun or Sheung Wan dried fish market or sea food restaurants. She volunteers for the Hong Kong Shark Foundation… Full article: https://www.localhood.org/single-post/2017/12/01/know-your-neighbor-andrea-richey…
HKSF in the news!! ❤️🦈🌱 Check it out: https://theveganreview.com/hong-kongs-sinister-trade-of-shark-finning/
GRATEFUL & PROUD of our Hong Kong Shark Foundation’s 香港護鯊會 2020 summer interns Ines, Abby and Mia from English Schools Foundation’s South Island School for making this amazing and informative “Hong Kong Shark Heroe’s 2020” video. Despite Covid-19 and all the restrictions in Hong Kong, these precocious and compassionate 16 y o young women created…
