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Kathryn

About Kathryn

Kathryn Hodgson was born in England in 1979. She has lived in the UK, Egypt, South Africa and New Zealand and is a trained scuba diving instructor and Great White shark safari guide. She is the author of No Damage (December 2014), the Managing Editor of The Scuba News New Zealand, a freelance writer, public speaker and co-founder of the marine conservation cause Friends for Sharks (August 2014). In 2015 she organised and completed a 10-month global speaking tour in aid of shark conservation: 87 events, 8 countries, 7000 people. www.kathrynhodgsonauthor.com http://nz.thescubanews.com www.friendsforsharks.com

World Tour Talks

We have been busy behind the scenes at HQ this week and I am delighted to share that we are organising talks with the following SEA LIFE sites:

 

Melbourne Aquarium

Sydney Aquarium

Manly Sanctuary

Kelly Tarlton’s, Auckland

 

We are launching our tour at Newquay Aquarium in January 2015 and hope to be able to confirm an event at Vancouver aquarium […]

By |October 10th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on World Tour Talks

To bait or not to bait?

This photograph of a great white shark has gone viral this week and added fuel to the ongoing shark cage diving industry debate. Full article relating to this here.

 

 

A number of people have expressed concern over the proximity of the shark to the cage and the way in which the bait appears to have been […]

By |October 9th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on To bait or not to bait?

Shark dominance display

This footage of one great white shark biting another at the Neptune Islands is definitely worth a watch! It is quite different to the previous footage that involved two different white sharks supposedly biting one another in baited conditions. The link to that footage and our blog about it can be found here.

It is clear […]

By |October 6th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on Shark dominance display

Why Bother?

Okay so it’s time for a more in depth blog today and it’s about two questions I have asked myself often since starting this cause. I know other people ask themselves the same questions when they are taking a leap of faith into the unknown and trying something new. In the spirit of helping each […]

By |October 5th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on Why Bother?

Polite Sharks say Please

A video of two great white sharks ‘attacking’ each other at the Neptune Islands, Australia has been doing the rounds this week. If you haven’t seen this video yet the link is here. What struck me about this video is how ridiculous it is in terms of claiming the sharks were attacking each other but […]

By |October 2nd, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on Polite Sharks say Please

In search of Southern Right Whales

It is peak whale season here in the Western Cape of South Africa and we decided to take a break from Friends for Sharks last weekend to travel along the coast in search of Southern Right whales.

 

Southern Right whales are semi-resident within False Bay where we live and at this time of year they are […]

By |September 30th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on In search of Southern Right Whales

Good news is the best news

As it’s the weekend I thought I’d share a little round up of some (mostly) good shark and oceans news this week that has caught our attention.

Firstly, here in South Africa, the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board (KZNSB) is going to be testing an electronic shark repellent cable at a beach local to us called Glencairn. The […]

By |September 27th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on Good news is the best news

Friends for Sharks & Fourth Element

We are having a great week here at HQ and have a number of exciting developments to share with you. Firstly, I am delighted and proud to announce Friends for Sharks is now sponsored by Fourth Element. This company is a personal favourite of mine as a scuba diver, both for the quality of their […]

By |September 25th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on Friends for Sharks & Fourth Element

Happy Shark Monday

Happy Monday all and I hope you are having a super start to the week. Have you checked out this Blue shark video yet to get your week going with a smile? It really is worth a watch here. There is nothing like a happy wriggling blue shark to raise a smile!

 

We are beginning to […]

By |September 22nd, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on Happy Shark Monday

Friends for Sharks Promo Video & Fundraising Now Live!

It has been a busy and exciting weekend here at HQ! We have been working long hours with plenty of tea and homemade chocolate cake to keep us going. The result is we have launched our promo video online.

 
Please take a moment to watch our short video here.
 

You will get to know who we are […]

By |September 20th, 2014|Blog|Comments Off on Friends for Sharks Promo Video & Fundraising Now Live!