Project Hiu
HELP US CHANGE THE FUTURE FOR SHARKS & THE MEN THAT FISH THEM.
What do we do with donations?
A huge amount of background work within the community and each individual fishing vessel takes place to make this project possible. Your donations are dedicated to our final goal of repurposing an entire fleet of fishing vessels in tourism, supporting fishermen & their families on a path to a better future that in turn, saves marine life. Below are some of many examples of how we do this, with both humans and sharks in mind.
1 - Employment; Training & licensing of fishing vessels so that they may move from fishing into tourism.
2 - Improving health care and living conditions through investing in clean water systems, education & waste management.
3 - Funding sustainable projects that provide new income opportunities to existing fishermen and their families, this in-tern prevents the fishing and exploitation of sharks, i.e. tourism. This includes the enforcement of eco tourism training and regulations.
4 - Education, sponsoring shark fishermen’s children or crew themselves to attend university and have a wider range of options for their future that they otherwise may not be exposed to.
5 - Explore the shark fin trade from captain to consumer, highlighting the divide between the people buying shark fins and the men exploited to obtain them. This includes a more in-depth look into the processing & exporting of shark fins.
6 - Research, by ensuring our methods are not just functioning but functioning effectively, we continue to research the movements of sharks in Indonesia and new threats to their populations.
“There's more to doing good than hating evil.”
- Unknown
The presence of tiger sharks in catches lead Project Hiu to become the first team to tag tiger sharks in Indonesia in 2022 with the help of your donations.
EDUCATION; It is the underlining foundation for implementing long-term change. Project Hiu aims to educate future generations on; sustainable business practice, entrepreneurship and language. For this to be possible we make frequent calculated contributions to the school of materials & teachers.
Our donations are dedicated to the fight for our wildlife in the world’s largest shark fishing nation and setting the foundation required for fishermen to have a new and sustainable future in tourism. Explore a fishing trip with us through this film of our time at sea with shark fishermen in a never before documented journey;
THANK YOU! Your donations make this possible!
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Mark Minneboo
I love the work you do Madison. Visiting your project, to see it with my own eyes and to get to know these fishermen and their families is on my bucket list!
bs-sourcing-media.net | $162
Thank you for protecting our oceans.
Moussa | $30/M
Fall in love with this project since I saw somoene with the dry dive bagback in Montreal! Your work is so important ! Until I can finally watch with my own eyes this wounderfull project I hope my help will contribute to make the difference like the project does! Love Hiu!
Kayla Decker
I’m currently studying biology with the goal of being a conservation scientist and you are truly an inspiration. Thank you!
BENEFI’K Sarl | A$1,000
BENEFI'K kombucha to take 50 cents from each bottle during the month of June
Carmen Hantke | $50
Thanks for your work! It's so important, sharks are so important (and awesome)
Jamie Schlotterer | $50
Lila | $25
Jerrine
Jordan | $5
Project Hiu Team, I have been following this project for quite some time and have fallen in love with the stories of these men and their incredible families. There is an amazing balance of optimism and advocacy that I truly respect. Watching Project Hiu's journey unfold has pushed me to finally pursue my Master's degree in Marine Science and elasmobranch research in South Florida this coming fall. I hope to make a difference the way that Project Hiu has.
Josie
Great work guys, keep doing what you’re doing 👏🏼
Justine Murphy | $30
Gui | C$7/M
Thanks for the inspiring work! Greetings from Brazil!
Apolline | $50
Valentina | $100
Hannah | A$50
To all the phenomenal work Project Hiu does, sending aroha from Aotearoa New Zealand!
Miglena | $50
Scampi69 SL | $50
EnBW AG Germany | $250
Seth Mayhew | £5/M
Kate | £10/M
Laura | £23
Thank you for all the work you do and changing my opinion on shark fishermen from these sorts of areas 💙
Lue Epstein | $10/M
Supporting Galapagos Islands as well, from Illegal shark's fishing
Sharktopia | $50
A couple more prints sold! (- Sharktopia) I'm still donating 100% from those sales. <3
Stephen
Had an incredible time learning about sharks from the team at Bimini Biological Field Station in the Bahamas! Now I'm obsessed!
Sharktopia | $60
Several more prints sold! Thank you for all you're doing! <3 Sharktopia
Sharktopia | $75
$$$ is from the sale of my recent prints (paintings) featuring Madison & the Tiger shark. Looking forward to donating more as more prints sell! <3 - Sharktopia
OFAUNA | $307
Veronica
Go Project Hiu!