Coming soon August 9, 2013 at 9 pm EST and runing for 10 days the annual “Shark Celebrity Auction” to the benefit of the Shark Research Institute will feature high profile Shark experts and some involved artists as R.Ellis, Victor Douieb and myself.
More info at Sharks.org
I will be available mostly in the Fort Lauderdale/Miami area, with opportunities in France (Paris, Fontainebleau, Angers in January), Chicago (Feb 15th), Columbus, OH (March 14th), NYC (March 25-27), or at the ends of the earth if ticket provided !
(Shark tagging with the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program, Islamorada, FL, @ pic Patti Gross)
Press Release:
Marie Levine
Shark Research Institute
PO Box 40, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 609.921.3522 Email: marie@sharks.org http://www.sharks.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photos Available on request
YOU SEE THEM ON SHARK WEEK – GET TO KNOW THEM IN PERSON
Some of the world’s top shark celebrities scientists, TV hosts, underwater photographers,
filmmakers and conservationists are on the auction block at Bidding for Good during Discovery
Channel’s Shark Week.
The aim of the auction is twofold: To spotlight individuals and organizations working effectively to
protect sharks, and raise funds for field research and shark conservation programs.
Up for auction is lunch or dinner with a shark celebrity. Bid on Dr. Sylvia Earle, the most eloquent
spokesperson for ocean conservation and Explorer in Residence of the National Geographic
Society or Dr. Leonard Compagno, the top expert on sharks and author of the first-ever field guide
to sharks: Sharks of the World’. How about dinner with Chris Fallows of ‘Air Jaws’ fame, dive legend
Gary Gentile, or Armand “Zig” Zigahn, founder of Beneath the Sea, the largest consumer dive
and travel show in the USA? Thousands of divers have learnd about sharks and the need for their
conservation through Beneath the Sea!
Also being auctioned are artists Pascal Lecocq and Richard Ellis; sculptor Victor Douieb; Jim
Toomey, creator of the syndicated comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon; television hosts and Richard
Weise host of ABC’sf Born to Explore, Jonathan and Christine Bird, and Donald Schultz;
underwater photographers Amos Nachoum and Paul Spielvogel, scientists Dr. Neil Hammershlag,
Dr. Gordon Hubbel and Dr. Jennifer Schmidt; filmmakers Nancy McGee, Joe Romeiro, and
Jeff Kurr; authors Paul Mila, Juliet Eilperin and Jessica Speart; and conservationists from the
American Littoral Society, Mission Blue-Google Ocean, Ocean Geographic Society, Sea Save,
Shark Whisperer, Sharks International, SharkProtect, Shark Research Institute and other fine
organizations. These are just a few of the dozens of “shark celebs” to be auctioned. Each one of
them has a wealth of expertise and stories to share with their highest bidder.
Although most of the ‘celebs’ are in the USA, some are in Australia, Europe, South Africa and Hong
Kong.
How it works: Bid on a shark expert or celebrity that lives or works nearby, unless you are willing to
drive or fly to their location. The winning bidder pays for the celebrity’s meal, and may bring guests.
Shark Research Institute will introduce each winning bidder to his or her shark celebrity. The two
then set a mutually convenient date, time and place to get together within 365 days of the close of
the auction.
The auction starts August 9, 2013 at 9 pm EST and runs for 10 days. The auction catalog is on the
Shark Research Institute’s home page at www.sharks.org, and will have a link to directly enter the
auction as soon as the auction opens.
Shark Research Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Winning bids are deductible as
charitable contributions from US Federal 2013 income taxes.
