The Shark Trust

11/06/2026

🤿 Ready to become an underwater eggcase hunter?

🏖️ Not all eggcases wash up on beaches, many can be found beneath the waves, attached to seaweed, resting on the seabed, or tucked away under ledges 🌊

This brand-new comic guide shows you exactly what to do if you find one:
🔍 Don't handle it, just look
📏 Record the depth
🪸 Note what it's attached to
📸 Take a photo
📊 Submit your record to the Great Eggcase Hunt

📲 You record your finds on the Shark Trust App or via recording.sharktrust.org

👉 Swipe through the guide and save it for your next dive or snorkel🤿

✏️Illustrated by Jack Packer ()

08/06/2026

🌊💙 Happy World Ocean Day! 💙🌊

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, produces around half of the oxygen we breathe, and supports an incredible diversity of life. Yet it faces growing pressures from overfishing, habitat loss, pollution, and climate change.

Sharks and rays play a vital role in keeping marine ecosystems healthy and balanced, but 1/3 of species are threatened with extinction. That's why, every day, the Shark Trust works with communities, fishers, scientists, policymakers, and supporters around the world to secure a future for these vulnerable species!

Today is a perfect opportunity to take action for our ocean. Whether you donate, become a member, fundraise, adopt a shark, contribute to citizen science, or use your voice, every action helps drive positive change.

Together, we can protect sharks, safeguard marine ecosystems, and create a healthier ocean for future generations and a healthy planet! 🌎

🦈 Head to sharktrust.org to dive in and be part of the solution this World Ocean Day!

Swipe to see what we are doing at the Shark Trust to safeguard the future of sharks, skates, ray and chimaera!

05/06/2026

📢 EEA 2026!

The Shark Trust invites you to the annual conference of the European Elasmobranch Association! Online from 6th-8th October 2026 | Abstract & Registration opens mid-June

This year, EEA2026 is moving online to make it easier for more people to take part, connect, share research, and get involved. Handy for anyone whose conference budget mysteriously vanished somewhere around Sharks International... 🤔😂

Expect the usual brilliant mix of talks and poster presentations, plus a programme packed with interactive elements designed to spark discussion, collaboration, and fresh ideas across the elasmobranch community 🧠

More to follow on the focus sessions and social events 🫵 We’ll also be asking you what key topics you’d like to explore, so start thinking!

📢 Abstract submission and registration will open mid-June. More details coming soon.

05/06/2026

Today is the 'International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing'

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing undermines sustainable fisheries and can be very damaging to fish populations, including sharks, skates and rays.

That’s why we create Fisheries Advisories. They give fishers clear, practical guidance on the rules and regulations in place. Helping improve compliance and supporting those working to enforce the regulations. Because better understanding leads to better management.

You can view the Fisheries Advisories here: www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Category/fisheries-advisories

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

🦈 A Basking Shark on the next Bank of England banknotes?! Yes please!

The Bank of England is asking the public which UK wildlife should feature on the next series of banknotes, and the Basking Shark has made the shortlist 💷✨

As the largest fish in British waters and the second largest shark in the world, the Basking Shark is one of the UK’s most iconic marine species. Gentle, enormous, plankton feeding and unmistakable, it would be an incredible ambassador for our seas 🌍💙

Now it needs your vote ✅

The public consultation is open until 11.59pm BST on Friday 3 July 2026, and you can choose up to two animals from each category. The Basking Shark appears in the “Amphibians, insects & fish” category 🐟🦋🐸

👉 Vote for the Basking Shark here:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/help-us-design-our-next-series-of-banknotes

📸 Frogfish Photography | Basking Shark

03/06/2026

New Shark Focus is out now!! 🦈📬

Issue 76 dives into one of the biggest threats facing sharks, skates and rays: overfishing 🎣

Inside this issue:

🦈 What’s the Catch?
🌍 Fisheries Management: What is it and how does it work?
🌊 Fisheries Management on the High Seas: Global impact of our work!
🇬🇧 UK Fisheries: Our fisheries work in the UK
⚠️ Risk Reduction for Silky Sharks: Opinion piece by Mark Stokes-Packer
🔬 Day in the Life with Allen “Spike” Searle from Cefas
⭐ Creature Feature: Spurdog
🗞️ Global Shark News
🎤 Community Focus, including events, outreach and the Shark Trust Podcast Series 2
💙 Fundraising Focus
🦈 Pups Club with Tom “The Blowfish” Hird, featuring baby sharks, a pull-out Wobbegong poster and a fin-tastic activity

Shark Focus is sent to Shark Trust members, so become a member to receive your copy and help support our work to safeguard sharks, skates and rays 🦈💙

Join today 👇
https://sharktrust.beaconforms.com/form/805344e5

02/06/2026

Our CEO, Paul, will be speaking at this event on Thursday in London. There is still time to grab a ticket for these World Oceans Week talks organised by the Explorers Club.

Celebrate World Oceans Week with 4 incredible speakers on June 4th at the Frontline Club, London. With a special message from Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle

29/05/2026

Salt in your hair. Sun on your face. Whale Shark on your back 🌊🦈

Freepost Weekend is here on Shark Trust Clothing, with free UK delivery on all orders 📦

Our new Ocean Drifter tee brings the summer vibes, with a Whale Shark print on the back and the summer sun on the front 🌞

Perfect for beach days, summer adventures and post surf BBQs 🏄🏼‍♀️

Shop this weekend 👉 sharktrustclothing.com

29/05/2026

🎬 Be among the first to see Shark Town in the UK.

Join us in Bristol for the exclusive UK premiere of Richard Peirce's latest documentary, exploring the remarkable story of Gansbaai, South Africa. Once named the "Great White Shark capital of the world", Shark Town explores the dramatic changes that reshaped one of the world's most famous shark destinations.

The evening includes:
🦈 An exclusive screening of Shark Town.
🤝 A special screening of the Shark Trust short documentary 'Living with Sharks in The Bahamas'.
🎤 Live Q&A with Richard Peirce and Shark Trust CEO, Paul Cox.

Whether you're passionate about sharks, conservation, filmmaking or ocean storytelling, this promises to be a fascinating evening.

📍 Bristol Megascreen, Bristol Aquarium
📅 Friday 10 July
🎟 Tickets from £15 (£12.50 for Shark Trust members)

Book your place:
www.sharktrust.org/shark-town-premiere

The Shark Trust presents the UK Premiere of Shark Town. A film by Richard Peirce.