How SharkSafe Barrier Seeks To Provide Sustainable Solutions To Mitigate The Shark-Human Conflict
How SharkSafe Barrier Seeks To Provide Sustainable Solutions To Mitigate The Shark-Human Conflict. SharkSafe Barrier’s goal is to actively contribute towards Marine Sustainability and the Blue Economy, by providing a novel and eco-friendly approach to solve the shark-human conflict. The company provides the first effective, shark-specific and nature-inspired technology, to protect surfers and swimmers from large sharks without harming the ocean fauna.
SharkSafe Barrier’s vision is to provide effective and sustainable solutions to mitigate the shark-human conflict, redefining the way humans interact with the world’s oceans.
Its mission is to stop global shark cull policies through innovation, research, and education, all while contributing to social and economic growth. The company is committed to developing innovative solutions to shark culling, grounded in thorough research, that contribute to ocean conservation.
Its innovation provides an eco-friendly alternative that will aid in biodiversity conservation and will reduce shark attacks and anxiety for beachgoers. The eco-friendly SharkSafe Barrier biomimics the visual effect of a kelp forest (large marine seaweeds), and generates a strong magnetic field through ceramic magnets; this forms a double barrier (visual and magnetic) that keeps sharks from swimming through it.
It is made of staggered rows of vertical HDPE pipes containing proprietary magnetic technology that creates a unique repellent to large sharks. Anchored to the seafloor, the SharkSafe Barrier™ allows any other marine life, such as seals and bony fishes, to swim through it, the same way they naturally utilize the kelp forest as a refuge. It also allows for boats to easily pass through.
The SharkSafe Barrier™ is a company run by a handful of passionate people who want to change forever the way ocean users enter the water, by revolutionizing the concept of shark management worldwide. The company is striving for peaceful coexistence with sharks and other marine creatures, that will allow for the rightful inhabitants of the sea to survive and thrive, by eliminating shark culling technologies and for the sea-loving humans to enjoy their time in the water safely.
