[Coral-List] Save our Sharks Week in Bonaire! Press release

[Anouschka van de Ven]

Hi All, Please see our press release for Bonaire’s 4th Shark Week:

Shark Week Bonaire – Tons of Fun for Everyone!
 
Join STINAPA for a week filled with shark fun from Saturday June 9th till
Saturday June 16th.  STINAPA, along with the other Dutch Caribbean islands
and the Netherlands, is inviting the community to celebrate Shark Week. The
Save Our Sharks project is an initiative of the Dutch Caribbean Nature
Alliance and is made possible by the ‘Nationale Postcode Loterij’. Due to
intense overfishing, shark populations throughout the world are in trouble.
The Save Our Sharks campaign on Bonaire is focused on creating awareness in
the Bonairean community, working with fishermen and conducting research on
sharks.
 
The schedule for Bonaire Shark Week 2018 is as follows:
 
* Saturday June 9th from 9 am to 12 pm at Lagun – World Oceans day! Coastal
clean up with potluck picnic.
* Saturday June 9th – Premiere ‘ Save Our Sharks Bonaire Movie’ at NosTv &
Energia. 
* Monday June 11th till Friday June 15th from 9 am to 12 pm at the
Washington Slagbaai National Park – Shark Ambassador Primary School Program.
* Tuesday June 12th and Wednesday June 13th from 3 to 4 pm at DCNA –
Presentation about sharks and the coral reef, as part of the Junior Ranger
Program. 
* Thursday June 14th from 7 to 8.30 pm at Jong Bonaire – SHARK NIGHT! Join
the Shark Night Event for movies, presentation, the Shark Art Auction, food
and beverage, and door prizes! (free entrance)
* Satuday June 16th from 9 am to 12 pm at Jong Bonaire – Shark Game show
with prizes, together with the Junior Rangers.
* Online Shark Art Auction – Visit facebook/bonaire.stinapa to pre-bid. The
proceeds from this auction will go towards shark conservation in the waters
of Bonaire. Final bidding during Shark Night June 14th!
 
 
STINAPA invites the entire Bonaire community to join the activities during
this week. The Shark Week activities are open to the public and free of
charge.


Follow this link to our facebook page Shark Week info:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/stinapa-bonaire/save-our-shark-week-bonaire-t
ons-of-fun-for-everyone/2243178569032700/

Thanks!
Anouschka van de Ven
Communications Coordinator

STINAPA Bonaire
Barcadera z/n
Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
T: +599 - 717 8444

mail:communications at stinapa.org
www.stinapa.org
www.facebook.com/bonaire.stinapa


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