The winners of the first international Shark Photo contest have been announced during the 40th „BOOT“ fair in Duesseldorf, Germany:

The overall winner by points in the classic categories portrait, wideangle and panorama is Jim Abernethy from the USA – a passionate scubadiver, photographer, skipper and shark custodian.

The also highly remunerated environmental award had also been won by another american: Jeff Rothmann convinced the jury with impressive coverage photos which dramatically show the sharks fate.

Select "the winners 2008" to see the winners of the first international Shark Photo contest.