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| Capt Zissou Approves - Breaking the Blog Barrier 2011 |
Then the speed of light.
Barriers that man has surmounted with guts, know how, and heroic effort.
Today we celebrate the Shark Blog Barrier being broken in Fiji as Mike, aka Da Shark, announces his 1000th blog post.
For the past several years Da Sharks blog has been an industry mainstay, offering up ideas, kudos, and pithy, salted commentary with an industry and conservation focus.
Why are independent industry blogs important?
Because the shark diving industry, an offshoot of the dive industry, needed it. Prior to the advent of the shark blogs, the industry was a tribal and fractured affair with little direction and no real conservation focus.
In many cases it was an industry that reveled in glorifying stupid stunts with sharks as an industry norm.
All that changed when operations discovered that not only were they being observed on an international level but actions taken with sharks were being talked about, discussed, and even picked over with the best ideas, best practices, and best conservation efforts being recognized.
Additionally the broader industry discovered that shark conservation was a key element to success.
No longer was it just acceptable to make money with sharks and repeat, the concept of regional stewardship for sharks was nurtured by the shark blogs with some first rate leadership examples and and quickly adopted by many.
It is now a fast growing trend.
The impact of the shark blogs will remain one of the shark diving industries least told stories, but today we celebrate the 1000th blog posts by one of the industries leaders. Like what he has to say or not, agree with his positions or not, the Fiji shark blog has blown open the doors on the discussion of sharks and conservation/industry development to a global audience.
And the entire shark diving industry is a better place for it.
Kudos to 1000!
