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The Shark Trust
(The "No Limits" campaign)

The Shark Trust was heavily involved in the 2014 "No Limits" campaign which focused on protecting shark species, such as Mako sharks and Blue Sharks, from exploitative fishing that resulted from scientific research. They fought to secure a list of guidelines that had to be followed when conducting scientific fishing of shark species, fighting for proper catch and release laws for species not required in the conducted research.

Goals
(Add goals here, move notable campaigns elsewhere)

Affected Regions
The Shark Trust is an international organization that advocates for Shark Rights in all countries. Although support is sent across the globe, there are areas where attention is specifically given, usually in areas where manmade threats to sharks are particularly common. European fisheries and the EU member states were both focused on extensively, with numerous Shark Rights Advocate groups looking to sway politicians and business owners into adopting more conservative measures to protect the endangered shark species that suffered in national waters.

Fundraising
The Shark Trust's two main sources of funding are marathon running and egg hunting, relying on donations from the participants for funding. Runners will compete in various marathons each year to earn sponsorship money, the funds going to support Shark Trust campaigns. These marathons, such as The London Marathon (cite or add link), are ran by multiple runners who each contribute their earnings towards the support of The Shark Trust.[1]

Egg hunts are the second primary fundraising event hosted by the Shark Trust. In these games, participants are sent out in search of shark egg cases that wash up on the shoreline. These egg cases are not manufactured for the hunt, coming directly from shark and skate births in the neighboring waters. In addition to acting as a means of fund raising, these egg hunts serve as a means to educate the public. Members of the Shark Trust educate participants on how to identify the species of the egg cases they uncover based on size, shape, and other features. This identification process helps monitor the birthrates of endangered shark species, with discovered egg cases helping to document the birth rates of the species the cases belong to.[2]

Despite Shark Trust fundraisers being generally well received by the public, The Shark Trust is often placed in a challenging position to find enough sponsors to fund the continuation with their work. This can be attributed to Shark Conservation being a relatively small niche when compared to other areas of marine conversation movements, and marine conservation overall. Despite these challenges, The Shark Trust gathers enough income to remain a functional organization.