Ocean News

Twenty years of turning hope into action: The founder of the Save Our Seas Foundation Wins NOGI Distinguished Service Award. For 20 years the SOSF has pursued a vision of sustainable oceans for all, focusing on highly threatened sharks and rays and the critically under-funded work that goes into their…

The Save Our Seas Foundation is not just a funding body, but a global community of passionate researchers and conservationists coming together with the same vision: a brighter future for sharks and rays. We have recently released a film that showcases the dedicated people we are proud to have supported…

Transportive, inspirational and (we hope most especially) celebratory, the 12th edition of Save Our Seas, the magazine of the Save Our Seas Foundation, is now available online and in print. In the 20th anniversary year of the SOSF, it was important to us that this edition be a moment for…

His Excellency Abdulmohsen Abdulmalik Al-Sheikh formally started the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) in 2003, but had been exploring our oceans and supporting marine conservation projects long before that. Here, in conversation with Pippa Ehrlich, His Excellency talks about how he fell in love with sharks and then set about…

Twenty years ago, the US had just invaded Iraq, space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry into our atmosphere, and Finding Nemo launched a trio of repentant sharks intent on revoking fish as food onto the silver screen. In that same year, a fledg­ling Save our Seas Foundation (SOSF) embedded itself…

The joy of nature is something all children should experience. But in today’s world, they will also encounter something other than nature: anxiety and a deep sense of responsibility for its future. Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Education Centre (SOSF-SEC) has a challenging but important role to play in raising…

Roughly 1,600 kilometres east of mainland Africa, 115 islands rise from the azure waters of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). Together, they form the Seychelles archipelago. The mountainous capital island of Mahé, home to more than 90% of the country’s 100,0000-strong population, seems a bustling metropolis. Granitic boulders border the…

In the past few years, most of us have had up-close encounters with genetic tests as the COVID-19 swab poked just a bit too far up our noses. The field of genetics is pushing into many parts of our daily lives, from genetically modified (GM) foods to the companies that…

The Save our Seas Foundation scientific advisors have pooled their expertise over the years to support the foundation in reaching its achievements. As we celebrate 20 years of shark science and conservation with the SOSF, Lauren de Vos chatted to Sarah Fowler, Dean Grubbs and Andrew Chin about their reflections:…

CITES COP19 was a landmark moment for shark and ray conservation. But bringing 90% of the fin trade under regulation was never going to be easy. Behind these historic CITES listings is a story of perseverance, collaboration and hope.

The kind of stories we tell now, have the power to create the story of our future.  At the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF), we want to inspire people to protect sharks – and our planet – and we believe that captivating stories are the best route to heart-centred action.

The world is still a tough place for sharks and rays. With more than a third of these species threatened with extinction, we still have much work to do to change misconceptions, banish misinformation and empower as many people as possible with useful information so that they can also participate…

28 new early-career science projects have been added to this year's Save Our Seas Foundation small grants funding programme, as part of our larger 20th Anniversary celebrations, where we're funding bumper 75 projects!

To commemorate our 20th anniversary and the milestone this means for shark and ray research, conservation and education, this year we are also boasting our largest number of keystone grants to date! With 29 new keystone projects, 18 continuation keystone projects, we are funding an impressive 47 keystone projects this…

Twenty years ago, in 2003, a fledgling organisation entered the sphere of shark and ray conservation. At that stage, the world looked quite different for this threatened group of ocean animals with possibly the worst PR in natural history. Across the planet, much of our collective public interest, research effort…