saving our seas

Wildseas aims to promote the conservation and wellbeing

of sharks, sea turtles and all marine life through education and action.

Leatherback turtle, the largest sea turtle in the ocean.

August 2015:
Things are progressing well with our Ghana Sea Turtle Project and we have received the backing of a number of villages and the wider community We have been in many discussions with local fishing groups and are glad to say have made much progress in sea turtle conservation already this year. In the course of constructing the project centre we had to remove a small number of coconut trees so we have compensated the affected owners and will also be planting a further two trees for each one removed in keeping with our ecological principles.

After successfully piloting our tagging and safe release program in Axim for the past 2 years we have now expanded the program to Busua and will be expanding further into Essiama in September of this year. We expect the number of adult sea turtles saved to increase considerably with the addition of these new fishing ports.

Further details and pictures are on our Project page and our facebook page also with regular updates so you can see how we’re progressing....

bahari karuna
ghana sea turtle conservation Project

EU bans shark finning

Severed seal heads in Dingle.

Europe Moves closer to

banning shark finning.

Maryland State Senate

backs shark fin ban.

Toronto agrees to
shark fin ban.

California bans the sale and
possession of shark fins.

Marshall Islands declares its
waters a shark sanctuary.

Sharks killed by longliners, most likely for their fins. 70 - 100 million sharks are killed annually for their fins.

EU Discards madness to end?

The decline of the Blue Shark

Wildseas supports Beyin Turtle Project

EU Fisheries mismanagement

More endangered - great white or tiger?

Wildseas.org is a member of Roots and Shoots, a Program of the Jane Goodall Institute.

For great wildlife and nature images check out photographer and conservationist Gary Melnysyn