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JURASSIC SHARK 4: EXERCISE CLARION CALL.  The next expedition is being planned for Clarion Island (Mexico), 13 - 28 May 2013.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S PRIZE FOR THE BSAC.  The Joint Services Shark Tagging Team has been awarded the Duke of Edinburgh’s Prize for the British Sub-Aqua Club for their work tagging critically endangered sharks and turtles around Cocos Island, Costa Rica.  The team were presented with the Award by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace in November 2011. 

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The Joint Services Shark Tagging Team (JSSTT)

A force for good in marine conservation

The Joint Services Shark Tagging Team is a Tri-Service team of divers from the British Armed Forces.  The team exists to provide manpower and resources for shark tagging and other marine conservation projects where diving skills are required. JSSTT expeditions operate under the Joint Services Adventurous Training scheme and are open to military and essential scientific personnel only. The team represents ‘Programa Restauracion de Tortugas Marinas’ (PRETOMA), a Costa Rican NGO specialising in shark and turtle conservation) in the UK.

The JSSTT has now tagged 50 sharks and placed 6 acoustic receivers in the Eastern Pacific with the aim of building an overall picture of shark movements in the across the Eastern Pacific Tropical Seascape and beyond.  

Shark Finning
Warning: This short film is extremely upsetting.
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