With the support of the Galapagos School Board, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Galapagos extended the educational and informative aspects of the Shark Awareness Pack to all schools on Santa Cruz Island. Within a two week period, Sea Shepherd's team presented 30 workshops divided amongst nine local schools. We scheduled the workshops to coincide with World Environment Day (June 5), and World Ocean Day (June 8), to emphasize the importance of this project. During the workshops, Sea Shepherd showed a number of videos about sharks, as well as shark finning videos. Sea Shepherd's team, lead by Malena Garcia, also elaborated on the importance of sharks to the Galapagos Marine Reserve as well as the global eco-system and the urgent need to put an end to shark finning. Nearly 1,000 students, ages eight to 14, and 30 teachers were presented with a complimentary copy of our recently published book Sharks of Galapagos. This book was created and published thanks to a generous donation by LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics. For the time being, the book is only available in Spanish. However, thanks to one of the many great Sea Shepherd international volunteers, plans are well underway for an English version of the book. Sea Shepherd hopes to have the English version available within a few months. This project has been an overwhelming success, as demonstrated by the participation of enthusiastic students and teachers, not only in terms of shark preservation but also for conservation and awareness in general. Sea Shepherd Galapagos will continue to work with students and schools to protect marine wildlife from illegal fishing activity. An important tactic to create awareness amongst the local community. The increased awareness will help us and local authorities to better implement regulations and international treaties and put a halt to specie extinction. Sea Shepherd
