Swim for Sharks!
Fancy joining The Shark Trust for a dip?
The Shark Trust need you to swim for sharks! To be exact, they would like you to swim a proportion of 5,700 miles of a Blue Sharks migratory route. Yep, that’s right 5,700 miles by the end of 2021!
The team don’t want to mention the P or C word – but last year was tough. For everyone. But sharks still need us. The work didn’t stop. The supporters didn’t stop. And for this The Shark Trust are truly grateful!
So…they are asking their lovely supporters to jump in (literally) and swim for sharks this year.
The bold and beautiful Blue Shark, named for its dazzling colour, is the most- wide ranging of all sharks. They can be found worldwide, except in very cold waters (Brrrr don’t blame them!). Highly migratory, they travel in large groups. Hey, perhaps you could take a swim with friends or family?
Travelling vast distances in search of food, they carry out a clockwise migration pattern around the Atlantic.
Blue Sharks are one of the most recent and positive success stories. For a long time they were the leading star of the No Limits? campaign. Urgently requiring science-based management, before they followed the trajectory of other unmanaged species. Then, just last year, they finally received the first ever international catch limits, which were set in the North and South Atlantic. While there’s still more to do to help Blue Sharks, they provide a beacon of hope for all our other campaign species.
By the end of 2021The Shark Trust want their wonderful supporters to have collectively swam 5,700 miles, raising funds for other No Limits? sharks that urgently need management.
This is a virtual event. So, anyone can get involved. Swim with friends, family, or colleagues. To take part complete the following steps:
- Set up a fundraising page linking to this appeal by clicking the fundraise button (top right)
- Decide on your distance and fundraising target
- Pick a date for your swim
- Start getting those donations in
- Swim for Sharks!
You can do your distance in a swimming pool, sea, lake, or river* – you choose! Your miles will be added to the cumulative total. So, whether you swim 1 mile or 50, raise £50 or £500, it all helps!
And how’s this… if you raise over £100 they’ll send you a nifty Swim For Sharks swimming cap for your big swimming day.
Got questions? They’d love to love to hear from you – send them an email.
For more information about The Shark Trust you can visit their website by clicking here.
