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| Review: Wahoo HD housing for Sony CLM-V55 monitor |
Wetpixel Moderator Shawn Heinrichs presents a review of the Wahoo HD housing for the Sony CLM\-V55 monitor\. Monitors for SLR cameras were very much in evidence at DEMA 2011 and, with the availability of HDMI cable solutions that can be used inside of SLR housings, will undoubtedly be a key… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
12/27/11 |
4 |
03/20/12 |
| Misool Eco Resort and Seven Seas Auction |
Misool Eco Resort has announced plans to expand their existing 425 sq km No\-Take Zone in Raja Ampat, Indonesia to over 1200 sq km\. This will safeguard some of the world richest reefs against fishing, shark finning, blast fishing, and turtle poaching in an area twice the size of Singapore\.… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
03/04/10 |
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| Shawn Heinrichs in CNN feature “Killed just for their fins” |
A story by Wetpixel’s Shawn Heinrichs is featured on the home page of CNN today, recounting his first encounter with shark finning and following with his views on the importance of sharks and the devastating impact of the practice\. Shawn recently teamed up with CNN’s Anderson Cooper team to help… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
12/10/08 |
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| Wetpixel sponsors contest with LiquidAssets.tv in Turks & Caicos |
Two spaces have recently become available on the September 27 \- October 4, 2008 chartered adventure with the Liquid Assets team in Turks & Caicos\. The Liquid Assets crew will be filming their new dive television pilots and are offering guests the opportunity to witness how their favorite dive programs… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
09/07/08 |
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| Light & Motion Bluefin Pole Cam Mounting Kit field test and review |
Wetpixel conservation moderator Shawn Heinrichs \(shawnh\) recently spent a week filming tiger, hammerhead, lemon, bull, and reef sharks on Jim Abernethy’s Shear Water\. During the trip, he tested a pre\-production version of the Light & Motion Bluefin Pole Cam Mounting kit with his Sony HDR\-FX1 camcorder\: The pole cam provided… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
08/30/07 |
4 |
09/29/09 |
| Petition to Ecuador’s President Correa to reinstate ban on shark finning |
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa recently lifted the ban on the sale of shark fins\. During the ban, the sale of shark fins was punishable by up to two years in prison, but under the new laws, fins from sharks caught “accidentally” may be legally traded\. Wetpixel member Mark Harding \(writepic\)… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
08/03/07 |
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| Japan’s whaling industry loses support of commercial fishing companies |
Japan’s largest seafood company, Maruha, and fourth largest fisheries company, Kyokuyo, have both committed to end the production and sale of whale meat products in Japan\. Both Kyokuyo and Maruha were among Japan’s leading commercial whaling companies until March 2006, when they divested their ownership in Japan’s whaling fleet in… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
06/06/07 |
2 |
06/28/07 |
| Taiwan bans whale shark trade by 2008 |
For the past 10 years, Taiwan has been actively fishing whale sharks for their meat, often served in restaurants as “Tofu Shark\.” “In 1995, according to records, Taiwan caught 270 whale sharks\. In 2001…about 100,” said Zhuang Shouzheng, an associate professor at National Taiwan Ocean University\. The numbers of whale… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
05/25/07 |
1 |
06/17/07 |
| National Association of Broadcasters Show 2007 |
Wetpixel conservation moderator and videographer Shawn Heinrichs attended the recent National Association of Broadcasters show held in Las Vegas from April 16\-19\. He came back with thoroughly researched impressions of some of the items on display, including the Sony XDCAM EX, Apple’s Final Cut Pro 6, and Color\. “This is… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
04/26/07 |
4 |
04/30/07 |
| Are public aquariums good or bad? |
Where do you stand on public aquariums\? Do the educational benefits out\-weigh the negative environmental impact\? On the one hand, they are criticized for the destructive methods used to capture fish and for poor treatment of these creatures while in captivity\. On the other hand, they are praised for increasing… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
03/06/07 |
1 |
03/08/07 |
| National Geographic: An Eden for Sharks |
In the March issue of National Geographic, journalist Jennifer Holland shares her story of close encounters with sharks while on assignment in the Bahamas\. Accompanying her was photojournalist Brian Skerry, whose gripping shots of sharks in action bring the story to life\. The article features all the headline sharks including… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
03/06/07 |
10 |
03/11/07 |
| Dominican Republic to import “show” dolphins from Japan slaughter pens |
A local Dominican Republic society against animal cruelty \(SODOPRECA\) is gathering signatures in support of a petition to the president of Dominican Republic and the Environmental Minister\. This petition is requesting that the government approve a ban on the import of dolphins into the country\. In a related Press Release… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
02/23/07 |
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| Wildlife Asia Film Festival |
This March, Singapore will play host to the inaugural Wildlife Asia Film Festival\. The festival will include a trade show, film screening and photo exhibition\. It will feature environmental films and presentations by leading filmmakers and conservationists\. Seminars and workshops will provide up\-to\-date information on techniques and trends in wildlife… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
02/12/07 |
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| Amazon.com pulls shark fin products from inventory |
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 public in a post dated Jan 1 \(followed by a… |
Shawn Heinrichs |
01/11/07 |
8 |
01/12/07 |