30 January 2015 The ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA) presented the best ASEAN conservation effort award to Mr. Edgar Cases, managing director of Project Sharklink, a non-profit organization, and the best ASEAN cultural preservation effort award to Ms.

Project Sharklink, Save Philippine Seas and the The Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project, Philippines, the three main NGOs working on conversation and sustainability in the island of Malapascua, have found a home in Divelink Cebu.

Project Sharklink works in sustaining Malapascua through the improvement of quality of life for local stakeholders.