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Nusa Penida, BA

Indonesia

8° 46' 35.4396" S, 115° 31' 36.2388" E

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Bali Shark Project

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In October 2011 we were spending a few days on land on Nusa Penida and we came across evidence of the slaughter of thresher sharks so disturbing that they felt the need to take immediate action to prevent the same from happening again.

We have founded Bali Shark Project. An NGO dedicated to save Bali´s sharks. We are currently researching the extend of the shark fisheries in Bali and we a paper about it. We have issued a petition to make Bali a Shark Sactuary. Please visit our web site and sign the petition: www.balisharkproject.org

Through personal contacts within the diving community Bali Shark Project has forged strong links with Shark Savers, Project Aware, Conservation International and many other organisations, to seek the establishment of a Shark Sanctuary in Balinese waters.

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Submitted by Bali Shark Project on Mar. 21/12

1ST OCTOBER 2011 - BODY COUNT: 85 SHARKS 5 Mako sharks males. 4 Thresher sharks male. 76 thresher sharks female (69 pregnant each with two sharks).

Every day during the months of September and October at the old ferry terminal for the wooden boat that runs from Sampalan (Nusa Penida) to Kusamba (Bali) there are dozens of sharks, +90% of them pelagic thresher sharks, ready to be transported to Bali and from there into the international trade. According to local fisherman and ferry workers the average amount of sharks a day is 70, but the record day of this season has been 125. After two months when the season is over they could have killed up to 4.500 pelagic thresher sharks.