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Shark conservation & sustainable income for shark fisherm

Love sharks and want to to walk the talk in making a difference in ensuring sharks are kept alive? Come on a boat excursion with us on once shark catching boats and allow ecotourism to make a difference in the lives of the shark fishermen.

Received a very very sweet message from one of the parents in the recent group about how they were impacted by the trip,...
19/02/2026

Received a very very sweet message from one of the parents in the recent group about how they were impacted by the trip, and I'm feeling very touched and emotionally overwhelmed now🥺🥺 She said the kids wanted to help support The Dorsal Effect before they leave Lombok, somehow, and that they were sad that we are ceasing the trips in June. I'm grieving the decision too but I feel it's the right move and I promise I'll share more soon 😭😭😭❤️ but my heart rn...

So many emotions on the snorkelling trip with this lovely group today. Every child comes with so much interesting person...
17/02/2026

So many emotions on the snorkelling trip with this lovely group today. Every child comes with so much interesting personality of his and her own, yet all of them carry the same innocence, candour and politeness that's quite unlike any other children I've encountered (I truly believe there's magic in homeschooling culture). They were so adept in the water and so willing and able to help the younger and smaller ones amongst them. I was just fascinated by the bunch and deeply humbled by their trust in our team for the last 2 days...

I think I've really always enjoyed the school (conventional and unconventional) group boat trips over the last 13 years, the most. Perhaps the teacher in me will always remain, as the children, teens, youth light me up and inspire me on this journey.

What a beautiful start to the Chinese New Year for me. ❤️

Home cooked vegetarian lunch for the hungry children, courtesy of the village head's family. Because it's hard to wanna ...
17/02/2026

Home cooked vegetarian lunch for the hungry children, courtesy of the village head's family. Because it's hard to wanna stomach any fish or the likes after a morning of being up close and personal with the realities of the shark trade.

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It wasn't easy for us to come to this decision but we won't be taking anymore bookings for trips from June of this year....
08/02/2026

It wasn't easy for us to come to this decision but we won't be taking anymore bookings for trips from June of this year. Will follow up with a post about this soon. In the meantime, we are excited about hosting next week!

We always appreciate when we have a group coming on a trip with us. While we cannot always "promise" shark landings will...
31/01/2026

We always appreciate when we have a group coming on a trip with us. While we cannot always "promise" shark landings will occur, our primary aim has always still been to provide alternative livelihoods to the shark fishermen,first and foremost, than promising there will be sharks landed, cut up and bloodied, and processed every single day. We can only communicate what is happening at any given point in time.

On shark day, we always include the visit to fishermen's island and home cooked lunch by the fisherfolk families as a way to provide income to the fishermen even if snorkelling trips are not happening so income still goes to them, rather than just having the group see what's happening at the shark market and shark processing plant.

We are truly sorry if groups have been "disappointed" that no sharks are landed on any given visit and sincerely hope that's not the expectation when groups book with us.

We don't control what happens on the ground, we can only hope we communicate the complexity of the trade and more importantly, find ways and means to provide alternative income for ex shark fishermen through us.

Thank you, dear all, for the support all this while.

So grateful that of made time to come with us on a snorkelling trip to learn more about our work! It was a pleasure to...
20/11/2025

So grateful that of made time to come with us on a snorkelling trip to learn more about our work! It was a pleasure to host you!

Very lovely time out snorkelling with an amazing bunch of ocean and animal loving women! Thank you so much for the oppor...
17/10/2025

Very lovely time out snorkelling with an amazing bunch of ocean and animal loving women! Thank you so much for the opportunity for us to take you out today, !

This is a lovely picture of a moment in time on fishermen's island. But to us, it is also a reminder of how social media...
15/10/2025

This is a lovely picture of a moment in time on fishermen's island. But to us, it is also a reminder of how social media can be deceptive and stripped of context, layers and nuance most times.

What makes something viral, is usually something that ignites a deep emotion within us. But if we are not careful to be discerning or to care for complex thought, we will just be reduced to our emotions.

Most times there is no villain or victim in any story, but social media manipulates us in the quick moment to pick a side, and if we continue to see things in just black and white terms, nothing wins and nothing changes.

We had the most lovely bunch of ocean loving, like-minded souls, out snorkelling with us last week. It's hearts like you...
08/09/2025

We had the most lovely bunch of ocean loving, like-minded souls, out snorkelling with us last week. It's hearts like yours that really keep us going in the work, thank you!

The backbone of The Dorsal Effect, the ex shark fishermen we have grown to appreciate and love deeply. We are all about ...
25/07/2025

The backbone of The Dorsal Effect, the ex shark fishermen we have grown to appreciate and love deeply. We are all about the human side of the shark fishing industry. Their enthusiasm to share their past experiences with the guests, heartens us.

While the shark fishing industry chain is complex beyond black and white lines, the relationship we've built up with this community has given back to us in emotional ways that has led us down many philosophical paths too.

There's no villain, just systemic gaps and inadequacies. Maybe the narrative shouldn't be "what can we do to stop them?" But instead be "what can we do as a collective?", because there was never any us vs them to begin with anyway.

It's always beautiful and a little bit magical, when you get a bunch of ocean loving youths from JCU coming on the trip ...
25/06/2025

It's always beautiful and a little bit magical, when you get a bunch of ocean loving youths from JCU coming on the trip with us. There are many things about the humanity and complexity behind the shark fishing industry that one-dimensional social media posts aiming to garner more likes and shares simply cannot encapsulate. So thank you so much, .finstitute , for taking the time to journey with us and experience what we do.

Words fail me in expressing the deep gratitude I have for this opportunity to run this with all of you. Our crew and the community simply love the expedition T-shirts oh so much!!

It truly feels like our future is really in good hands, seeing these sweet young hearts from JCU with such deep love for sharks and the oceans, helming it as stewards. Our gratitude is deep and our hearts are full🥹❤️

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