Introduction to Richard Peirce

Richard Peirce has had a lifelong fascination with sharks, and has been fortunate to have been able to encounter these animals in many parts of the world.

He is a passionate shark conservationist who now spends most of his time on various projects trying to help these beautiful endangered creatures and stop them being pushed into extinction

Richard lives in North Cornwall, England, and travels to the Middle East, India, South Africa, Australasia, and the Americas as well as all over Europe and the UK on shark conservation issues. Richard is Chairman of the Shark Trust, the Shark Conservation Society, and sponsors the Shark Angling Club of Great Britain tag and release programme and other projects.

In 2005 Richard and Jacqui Peirce started Shark Cornwall specifically to provide a vehicle for bringing the existence of sharks in British waters to the attention of the general public. In 2006 they launched the first cage diving in northern Europe working off Cornwall with Blue sharks as the target species. Having successfully launched this "new to Britain" form of shark eco-tourism Shark Cornwall is now working with Cornish skippers to take it forward.

The book "Sharks in British Seas" published by Shark Cornwall can be ordered now from our website shop - Shark Shopping (£9.99 inc. p & p).

The DVD "Sharks in British Seas" can also be ordered from Shark Shopping and the cover price of £19.99 INCLUDES all p & p charges for this exciting 67 minutes feature length film.

Richard's book "Sharks off Cornwall & Devon" published by TorMark and available at £5.99 inc. p & p can also be bought from Shark Shopping on this website.

Richard's new book "Pirates of Devon & Cornwall" is out now (£6.99 inc. p & p) and can be bought from Shark Shopping on this website