Shark Conservation in Malta

submitted by MCAST : Karl Azzopardi  for 19-25
dissemination(s): school media, tv, website
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Dissemination description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5BvS_rRRF0&,feature=youtu.be
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Sharks have always suffered from an unnecessary stigma induced by Hollywood. This project aims to bring conservation projects and people closer together. I interview Martina Brancato, who is the aquarium’s Science and Education officer and she explained to me how the Malta National Aquarium and SharkLab and collaborating on a conservation project on Nursehound and Spotted Cat sharks. This is a volunteer driven project and relies on the commitment of those that work effortlessly to see the shark populations increase. Martina then goes on to explain how SharkLab is an international project whose efforts are spread worldwide on may species of shark.