PASCAL LECOCQ The Painter of Blue ®

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 (Normandy, 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.