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A Sharks Legacy
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Lesley Rochat is a shark and marine conservationist, activist and award winning filmmaker and campaigner, also known as the Shark Warrior. She is also a well published environmental photojournalist and photographer. In March 2004 an article she wrote was published in the award winning environmental and conservation magazine, Africa Geographic, about the Maxine, Science, Education and Awareness programme (M-SEA). This exciting shark conservation programme is Lesleys brainchild, and a project of the non profit organization she founded, AfriOceans Conservation Alliance (AOCA), in collaboration with the Two Oceans Aquarium. Soon after the article was published Maxine, an extraordinary raggedtooth shark, who was the catalyst that resulted in Lesley becoming a shark conservationist, and the icon of the programme, was satellite tagged and released after nine years in captivity. • Both the article and this film reflect back on the very unique event of Maxine's release, and on the release of other sharks thereafter, including the many other successes of the programme, as well as the hard lessons learnt when the team lost two of their sharks. Seldom are sharks viewed favorably, but Mighty Maxine, a shark with a remarkable true-life story, changed this. She became a fantastic ambassador for sharks. The international success of the programme helped tremendously to raise awareness about the plight of sharks, and assisted in changing perceptions of sharks, in particular through the Rethink the Shark campaign, created for the Programme by Saatchi Saatchi, Cape Town. To find out more about the programme go to http://www.aoca.org.za • PETITION FOR PROTECTION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S SHARKS • Sharks remain a low conservation priority and many species are being driven to extension due to overfishing. South Africa is no exception as Lesley Rochat graphically showed the world in her award winning film, Sharks in Deep Trouble • Sharks in Deep Trouble Of the over 200 different species of sharks found in South African waters, only White Sharks, Whale Sharks and Basking Sharks are fully protected. All other species may be legally caught and killed. • Please support the Petition and add your signature, each one counts. To find out more about the petition and to sign go to: http://www.aoca.org.za • Make a donation to support AfriOceans efforts: https://www.givengain.com/cgi-bin/gig...
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