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A Shark's Plaice Is It's Habitat Top Of The Food Chain And A Mark Of Beauty! There are 3,500 Great White Sharks Left on This Planet!

A Pelagic Whale or Shark's habitat is necessary for feeding, spawning, breeding, growth and maturity they are not meant to live side by side with humans.  The very fact that this species live in water represent majestic admiration and pure in ore of their beauty.

Humans cannot survive in the same environment as these majestic creatures in order to be
near these majestic animals humans have to leave their own natural habitat travel hundred
of miles with  their man made  monster machines  to capture and relentlessly destroy these
top predators for fickle and over indulgent whims.

Shark Fin Industry

Shark fin is the most expensive fish product in the world to kill a shark is for one purpose and one purpose only for the recipe of shark fin soup mainly to chinese communities  Thailand, North America, Indonesia.  The increase in demand in the last 20 years is due to social and political reforms in china that have created and expanded a middle class able to afford high priced delicacies such as shark fin soup.

Hong Kong represents about 50 per cent of the shark fin trade world wide other chinese communities are in such places as New York, San Francisco, Vancouver,UK, these countries who legislate and make shark finning illegal ironically allow shark fin imports to enter in to the country which provide markets for shark fin soup for consumption to restaurants outside of Asia.

Sadly these sharks who are not even killed for the purpose of this primitive self indulgent class snobbery are mutilated by a barbaric system called shark finning. This is done when a shark is captured it's finns are then sliced  from it's body and then the carcass is either left to die on the vessel or it is thrown back illeagally in to the sea to die an agonising death.

The term shark finning is a humans cruel and sadistic way to aquire as many fins as possible for the purposes for commercial demand and outright profit.

• Fisheries supplying these markets are Gillnets and Longline Fisheries.
• Bycatch from other sources such as Tuna Longline. Tuna per seine, shrimp and ground fish trawling.
• Artisanal fisheries using relatively unsophisticated fishing methods.

Countries in Asia that serve as markets for shark fin soup have recently been the target for publicity campaigns by ENGOs (environmental non government organisations) who are focused on educating the consumer against the consumption of shark fin soup.

Wildaid have also engaged in anti shark fin efforts have enlisted movie stars such as Jackie Chan and basket ball player Yao Ming to campaign against the consumption of shark fin soup.  Such groups who believe in the efforts to reduce and even eliminate the consumption of shark fin soup believe the key to success is to tackle self restraint and practice by the consumers is from the demand side opposed to the supplier side.

ENGOs a non governmental organisation resulted in a passage a very strong law "The US Shark Finning Prohibition Act).  ENGOs and USNMFS are two very potent forces who can apply pressure directly to governments in the developed world and inturn react nationally and internationally.

Both organisations serve as a guide to individual countries in the formation of national plans of actions for sharks which is the FFA (forum fisheries agency) of conduct for responsibile fisheries. To minimise waste and discards from shark catches by requiring the retention of  shark carcasses from which the fins have been removed.

However, New zealand who recognise that only landing the fin are wasteful and therefore under the Animal Welfare Act finning of any live shark is illegal.

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A Shark's Plaice Is It's Habitat Shark Finning is illegal but barbaric and cruel sharks are captured and fins sliced from their bodies carcasses are left for body parts

 

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Rodney Fox Australian White Shark Diving Tours

It is only in South Australia that Rodney and Andrew Fox provide the special live aboard tours that incomparably maximize your "face to face" opportunities with Great White Sharks. Our special adventures depart from both Adelaide and Port Lincoln, and head out into the Clear Blue waters of the Southern Ocean. At the Neptune Islands we find an array of wildlife, including many bird species, dolphins, thousands of fur seals, and the beautiful and rare Australian Sea Lion. Here is the natural feeding ground of the Great White Shark. We can also organize tours for exclusive bookings, smaller groups and film crews.

Soon after his shark attack in 1963, Rodney organised the first ever "Great White Shark Diving Expedition". He designed and built the original shark proof cage, to make the very first ever films of live Great White Sharks, "Great White Death" and "Attack by a Killer Shark". This first film later inspired and helped raise the financial backing for Peter Gimbel in 1969 to use Rodney's expertise in "Blue Water White Death". Producing Great Whites was again required of Rodney in 1973 for the live shark sequences in Spielberg and Peter Benchley's blockbuster, "Jaws".

Just one year after the release of "Jaws" into the cinemas, Rodney lead the very first Cage Diving Expedition for non professional divers to experience the thrill of the Great White Shark "first hand"! Carl Roessler, with "Sea and See Dive Travel", bought out this first group of divers from the USA in 1976. This launched the ultimate diving adventure and is still generally regarded as the pinnacle in any diver's career. This event continues in the very same tradition and spirit today where we strive to make each and every expedition an unforgettable adventure of a lifetime.

Fox Expeditions are proud to continue providing a vital research platform for field studies. Such long-term productivity by the Fox's has contributed to the public education, imagery and resulting admiration that finally lead to the protection that Great Whites now enjoy worldwide.

The Trip

We operate out in the clear offshore waters of the Neptune Islands, which are only accessible through the use of large live-aboard boats like our expedition vessel "The Princess II". The shortest 4-day length tour allows us the time to first get to our viewing locations and back, while also catering for the chance of sitting out any spells of poor operating conditions or slow shark activity. We then give ourselves the best chance of enjoying that extraordinary and magical day when the sharks and their environment are at their best, and we can utilize all of our special facilities, partake in all the activities to maximize the entire experience.

After each expedition many passengers comment that they would love to return with us for even longer next time. So to see everything and have the most fun we highly recommend you spending as long at this as your time and budget can allow. Chances are you will probably want to come back again anyway!

Evening Prior departure: Most passengers arrive in Adelaide the day before departure. A complimentary welcome gathering is held at the Rodney Fox Shark Museum the evening before departure at 6pm. Here passengers get to meet the dive team, each other and here is an ideal opportunity to consider any last minute supplies or hire needs before we depart in the morning.

Day 1 (Departure Day): Expedition members are transferred to the vessel in Port Adelaide, and we depart by 12 noon. Once underway we have lunch, and that afternoon passengers have time to settle into their cabins and familiarize themselves with the ship. We serve meals, present talks, and prepare for the days ahead. After Dinner there is an opportunity to review of some of the classic shark videos in our collection. We aim to be on our first shark location before breakfast.

On location: Once on location we start chumming and watch out for sharks. We start cage diving and when conditions allow we also offer island excursions. After a test dive to orientate new divers with the shark cage divers are free to enter and exit the cages at their leisure. There is plenty of time just to relax or get involved in our research collection, or just enjoy the shark action topside. Activities revolve around the current shark activity, the shore parties, meals and special talks. After talks the nights are free to stargaze tell stories. The Ship is big enough to get away from people and find some privacy. We generally stay on location during the day, usually moving location only during the night to give us maximum productivity.

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Shark Cage Diving in South Africa as well as many Shark Diving locations worldwide!
Dive travel specialists with Shark Diving and are the main booking office for White Shark Cage Diving in South Africa as well as many Shark cage diving cape Town locations worldwide!