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🦈 While you're reading this, a dozen sharks around the world just died, killed for their fins. 🦈 And these fins will most likely transit through the EU on their way to Asian markets. Whether or not you eat shark fin soup, if you're an EU citizen you can help cripple the trade in shark fins by voting for a ban on their trade and transit within the European Union. 🇪🇺

📣 Vote NOW!! We need one million signatures before January 31st, 2022 to force the European Commission to consider the law in Parliament:
https://bit.ly/StopFinningEU

Last year we had the privilege to explore and document for the first time Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area, in collaboration with Universitas Udayana and supported by Blancpain and Institut Français d'Indonésie. We found that despite the challenging conditions that were making the dives difficult (strong currents and cold waters), biodiversity was thriving at depth and displaying an incredible range of colours and shapes. Many of the species encountered are still unknown to science but nevertheless, deserve urgent and proper protection.

Here you can see Marc Crane filming an azooxanthellate octocoral, probably belonging to the Genus Solenocaulon (taxonomy is a complicated and ever-changing field), at a depth of 76 metres.

Thanks to our technical partners who made this project possible:

Fourth Element Shearwater Research SEACAM Nikon Paralenz Tekdeep Asia Open Ocean Camera Onset LKH Precicon Pte Ltd Prosensor O'Dive by Azoth Systems

Cenote Freediving with Matthieu Duvault Freediving Competitor

Vertical Blue 2021 Full Documentary Vertical Blue is the pinnacle of competitive freediving, and this year's event was the biggest edition ever. was made possible by Double K, Orca and S...