Barbara Aschauer

SHARKPROJECT Austria

Deputy National Chairperson Austria, Treasurer

Skills and Experience

I am an enthusiastic recreational diver with rescue training and diving experience in 5 countries so far: Egypt, Maldives, Croatia, Turkey and Austria.
Even though I can already look back on several shark encounters (nurse sharks, bull sharks, various reef shark species, whale sharks, longimanus, hammerheads, silk sharks), special training courses are still in the planning phase.

I've never been the cuddly toy type. Sharks, for which you have to show a lot of respect despite all their fascination, are the perfect pet.

Precisely because so many people have an irrational fear of sharks, education - and thus shark protection - is all the more important to me.

There are no dangerous sharks - only dangerous situations.
— Dr. Erich Ritter

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