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EXPEDITIONS SUSPENDED
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SCS is a small volunteer run Society which has achieved an enviable record of conservation and research wins. The world today is obsessed with everything needing to be safe. A small adventure group of shark enthusiasts (SCS) simply can't afford the legal, insurance and administrative back-up which would guard against any risks of SCS having to pay out in the event of a claim or a legal action. The cost of our expeditions would have to double or treble!

When I read last year that a BBC film crew had to do a 'risk assessment' before filming a group of Morris dancers it brought home to me just how pathetic the world has become, we all know how dangerous knotted hankies can be! Today's adventurer who wants to be safe must wrap him/her self in cotton wool, go to bed and watch TV.

The directors of the Society are currently studying this problem searching for a way for our expeditions to be able to continue. It is with great regret therefore we have to announce that until this process has been completed, and a way forward found, we will have to suspend expeditions.

To our loyal supporters and past volunteers the message is 'We are not going away, won't lie down, and will find a way at going on, even if it involves all volunteers having to buy shares in cotton wool and avoid Morris dancers'! More to follow.

Edremit Bay, Turkey

This expedition has now been re-scheduled for March/April 2014. The Society’s capacity only allows us to mount two expeditions a year, and due to 2012 Azores expedition having to be repeated in 2013 the Edremit Bay exercise has had to be put back to 2014.

SCS Registered Supporter and underwater videographer Sait Ozgur is working on this expedition and is in contact with fishermen who successive years recently caught juvenile Great White sharks in Edremit Bay. This two week expedition will chum in the locations of these catches and at exactly the same time of year. If juvenile Great Whites are captured, PAT tags will be fitted.

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Finished With Fins Campaign

Dateline 16th March 2015.

We would like to draw all members attention to a campaign to ban shark fins soup from all government related events in Singapore. The campaign is collecting pledges and you can go online at Campaign.com/FINishedwithFINs to sign up.

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