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Skilla's commitment to nature

Beyond our commitment to promote the use of more renewable European wood for the manufacture of spearguns and to promote reasonable and sustainable fishing, Skilla has decided to support research

Protect sharks

Spearfishermen know it well, as privileged observers and connoisseurs of the underwater world, where there are sharks there is life. This is where the biotope is flourishing and dynamic because nature needs these super-predators and they are the sign of a healthy balance between prey, predators and human intervention. In any case, they are neither monsters nor mascots.

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The meeting

It was while admiring our spearguns at the Salon De La Plongée that Professor Eric Clua ( 👈🏻 click to discover his world ), an eminent researcher specializing in the study of shark behavior but also an excellent underwater hunter, had the good idea to tell us the subject of his research: sharks have a character and only a few out of hundreds are likely to be dangerous when encountered with humans. We were immediately won over by his thesis! He asked us if we were able to design and produce a biopsy tip capable of taking tissue from the large, fleeing bull sharks that he could not reach by hand or with small commercial spearguns. That was all it took to pique our curiosity as amateur researchers!

The material

Based on very strict specifications, we designed and manufactured for him a titanium tip that collects and preserves a sample of flesh from the shark's dorsal fin for DNA analysis. After multiple discussions and tests, here we were:

The Skilla Biop-Tip (registered design) was born!

 

We also provided him with a SKL Hybrid Travel 125 speargun that he takes in his suitcase to the four corners of the world to complete his database. He knows that his Skilla speargun will never let him down because of its simplicity and robustness and that we are always available to respond to his requests.

The first results...

Already more than a hundred samples have been successfully taken and DNA analyses are underway which, we hope, will tell us more about the habits of sharks and put an end to the systematic extermination of hundreds of these predators for nothing, when only one individual is divergent.

If you would like to support Eric Clua's research or simply learn more about sharks click on this logo:
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