Manta rays, hammerhead sharks, oceanic white tips and porbeagles are successfully awarded Appendix II listing on CITES! On March 11th 2013 in Bangkok, focal points from 178 countries around the world met to give them protection from unsustainable fishing for international trade.

The vote, on the 40th anniversary of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species marks the first international agreement to protect all species within the genus Manta.

The theme of this year’s European Shark Week was to put pressure on EU Fisheries Ministers to close loopholes in the finning ban.  Supporting The Shark Alliance and Project AWARE, we held a pub quiz in the Camel Bar on our Diver’s Night on Tuesday 23rd October.  Among the traditional trivia and music rounds, we tested our entrants’ knowledge of the Apex predator.  Prizes for the winning teams and the fundraising raffle were donated by all the outlets at Camel Dive Club and Hotel.  Eco Tribe’s Cath presented Project AWARE at the UK dive show with m

The divers on board Camel Dive Club’s speedboat have been enjoying Sharktastic adventures in the Straits of Tiran this month.  Encounters with the Sentinel females and schools of up to 7 Scalloped Hammerheads have made ‘Camel 1’ a very busy vessel!

On the 11th August, dive guide Rodrigo jumped on the back of Jackson reef twice at 7am and 11am – he was met with 5 inquisitive beauties patrolling the blue (see video attached, with thanks to Matteo Giani).

• Throughout the 720 hours in April, Camel Dive Club conducted:
• An Earth Day Clean Up
• Began to teach AWARE Shark Conservation Specialties
• Pledged our ongoing support for the Sharks in Peril campaign
• Held a fundraising quiz in the Camel bar

Thanks to all our guests and staff for making the month such a success and well done The Red Team for becoming the highest scoring shark experts in a total of 8 teams.  Clever clogs in the room were awarded prizes from the Tandoori restaurant, the Camel bar, Vanilla and the T