Unnatural Selection and Realm of the Sharks were featured at the San Diego UnderSea Film Festival this weekend at the Qualcomm Hall in full digital cinema HD. Both films were among a short list of films chosen by the selection …
Dive Photo Guide – Misool Eco Resort Feature
Editor’s Note: Jason Heller
Raja Empat is truly one of the top destinations in the world for shooting extremely healthy reefs and marine biodiversity. Currently, there is only one land based option in the entire region. The only way to …
Fins Magazine – Shark Finning Story
This past December Justin Ebert, Taro Smith and I were out in the Misool region of Raja Ampat diving and filming with Andy Miners in the new marine protected area (MPA). Since the MPA is very new, there is and …
Our World Underwater – 2007 Winner
“Unnatural Selection” took first place in the video category of the Our World Underwater International Competition. Unnatural Selection is a powerful film that portrays the tragic decimation of sharks and shark populations by humans and the shark fin …
Asian Geographic – Shark Finning Story
This past December Justin Ebert, Taro Smith and I were out in the Misool region of Raja Ampat diving and filming with Andy Miners in the new marine protected area (MPA). Since the MPA is very new, there is and …
Scuba Diving Magazine – Shark Finning Story
This past December Justin Ebert, Taro Smith and I were out in the Misool region of Raja Ampat diving and filming with Andy Miners in the new marine protected area (MPA). Since the MPA is very new, there is and …
DiveFilm Podcast – Sharkfin Frontier
The latest DiveFilm Podcast Video, Episode 37, is now live. “Shark Fin Frontier” by Shawn Heinrichs is a very powerful film that portrays the tragic decimation of sharks and shark populations by humans and the shark fin industry. Beautiful images …
Amazon.com Pulls Shark Fin Products
Victory! Today, Amazon has pulled all shark fin related products from their offering. No official statement has yet been made by the company; however it appears that they have chosen the ecologically responsible path.
Wetpixel brought this issue to the …
Raja Ampat – Misool Eco Resort
Trip update & photos: Justin Ebert
In early December, Shawn, Taro, and I had the opportunity to visit the site of the future Eco Misool Resort and meet with Andrew Miners. Many of the infrastructural items that will make transport