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Saturday 3 June 2017
Aruba National Park Arikok Presents: Shark Week Aruba 2017
ORANJESTAD - From June
3rd to 11th, 2017 the third
edition of Dutch Carib-
bean Shark Week will take
place. For a week, the
whole kingdom is in the
sign of sharks. In the Neth-
erlands, as well as in the
islands of Saba, Sint Eusta-
tius, Sint Maarten, Aruba,
Bonaire and Curaçao,
various activities are orga-
nized which calls for atten-
tion to protect and shield 6pm - Shark Lecture. us and Sint Maarten, united
sharks. Shark Week Aruba 7pm- Movie night: BBC in the Dutch Caribbean
2017 will start this Saturday shark, episode 2. Nature Alliance (DCNA),
with Movie Night at Aruba 9pm - Movie night: Shark- felt the need to take ac-
National Park Arikok. water. tion. Together they set up
--11 June: the Save our Sharks cam-
Program: 8am - Kids workshop at paign aimed at improving
--3 June: Mangel Halto: Discovering legislation and enforce-
6pm - Shark lecture with the mangroves. ment for shark protection
family quiz. 2pm - Award ceremony on the islands, increasing
7pm - Movie night: this is --4 June: --7 June: photo competition #shark- knowledge about sharks
your ocean, sharks. 10am - Opening shark 8am – Jörgen Raymann at weekaruba2017. through scientific research
8pm - Movie night: BBC week exhibition & Scaven- Casa di Cultura. and increasing knowledge
shark, episode 1. ger hunt for kids. --10 June: Save our Sharks: about sharks on the islands
Sharks are an indispens- and in the Netherlands. To
able link in the ocean eco- this end they work together
system. The sharp decline with the “Dutch Elasmo-
of sharks currently taking branchen Vereniging”. The
place worldwide can have Netherlands-based and
unforeseen consequences Antilles popular cabaret
for all life in the oceans, Jörgen Raymann is Ambas-
and thus on the land. In sador of Save Our Sharks.
addition, they play in many During the Dutch Caribbe-
places an important role as an Shark Week he travels
a tourist attraction for divers all participating islands to
who are looking for them. It attend the activities there.
is therefore both of ecolog- For more information about
ical and economic impor- Shark Week Aruba 2017
tance that sharks are pro- please visit our Facebook
tected. Nature organiza- Page: Arikok National Park
tions in Aruba, Bonaire, Cu- and our website www.aru-
raçao, Saba, Saint Eustati- banationalpark.org.q
