Description
Meet Dean Fessler in Lawrenceville, NJ - or Philadelphia
Dean Fessler (aka THE Shark Man) encountered his first shark (a four-foot nurse shark) in 1978 while snorkeling off the Florida Keys as a marine biology student at the University of Miami. Dean joined the Shark Research Institute in 1991, and began studying bull and Caribbean reef sharks off the Bahamas, and sandtiger sharks off North Carolina.
In 1992, he relocated to San Diego to work with blue and mako sharks, and studied hammerhead sharks and whale sharks in the Sea of Cortez.
In 1995, Dean joined the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography where he fed and lectured about resident shark populations. In 1998, Dean relocated to South Africa to study great white sharks and worked with other scientists, underwater photographers and documentary filmmakers.
Dean is the Dean is Education Director of the Shark Research Institute and a Fellow of the famed Explorers Club.
www.sharks.org
Item Special Note
The objective of this auction is to spotlight individuals and organizations working effectively for ocean conservation, and raise funds for field research, conservation and outreach projects.
Being auctioned is a dinner or lunch with one of the world's foremost shark experts or celebrities. This is a unique opportunity to "talk shark" face-to-face, one-on-one, with a real authority on sharks.
How this auction works
1. Bid on a celebrity you would like to get to know personally (shark scientist, educator, explorer filmmaker, shark photographer, television host, conservationist) who works or lives nearby, unless you are willing to drive or fly to meet them in their area.
2. We will introduce the winning bidder to the celebrity. The two of you then set a mutually agreeable date, time and place to meet within one year of the close of the auction.
3. The winning bidder pays for lunch or dinner and may bring guests.
NOTE: The winning bid is 100% deductible from US Federal 2018 income taxes as a Charitable Donation. A tax receipt will be issued to the winning bidder.