Nina Dobrev has partnered with Oceana, ocean conservation organization raising awareness about the global shark fin trade. In a new video from Oceana, Nina shares why she swims with sharks, an animal she once feared. Check it out!

Nina continued to show her support of Oceana’s cause to impose a ban on the trading of shark fins throughout Shark Week.

Nina admits that she was once scared of sharks, but understanding the situation surrounding shark fins has made her change her perception; now as an official advocate of Oceana, Nina is calling for people to assist in Oceana’s cause of preventing the trade of shark fins.

As promised, I have more sharky goodness for you – the PSA I shot with Oceana in June! Every year, fins from as many as 73 million sharks end up in the global shark fin trade and it’s on us to do something about it. Tune in today as I takeover @Oceana’s Instagram to share more about why we’re calling for a nationwide ban on the buying and selling of shark fins in the U.S. Together, we can protect sharks and the health of our oceans. #FinBanNow 📷: @petezuc Pete Zuccarini / @sharkweek http://bit.ly/2trlu0m

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In a further video, Nina gets up close to a shark and seems extremely calm about it.

In honor of #SharkWeek, I have another cool video and some shark-y facts to share: (Fact 1) – the demand for fins is one of the greatest threats facing sharks. (Fact 2) – you can help by clicking link in my bio 👆🏼👆🏼ABOVE👆🏼👆🏼 to get involved in Oceana’s #FinBanNow campaign. (Fact 3) – you can support Oceana by picking up a rad Shark @LiveLokai…each one = $1t to Oceana! #Oceana #LiveLokai #SaveSharks Link in my bio !!

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Nina has even adopted a shark; which she has appropriate named Unicorn. Perhaps we should call the shark Unicorn Sharkbrev to be perfectly coupled with Nina’s full name for her adopted puppy Maverick Dogbrev.

The newest member of my squad. My daughter. #UnicornTheShark #AdoptDONTShop❤️🦈 #Repost @ourplanet360 ・・・ Meet the the real life Underwater Unicorn! Officially adopted by Momma Dobrev 💦🦈🦄 @nina

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Bringing Shark Week to a conclusion; Nina thanked the sharks for welcoming her into their home.

End of #SharkWeek checklist! 1. Support a #FinBanNow 2. Join @oceana 3. rock a shark @livelokai And yes, to answer your question those are sharks, NOT dolphins. And I look chill AF. That's because they are amazing beautiful creatures that I had the pleasure of swimming with. Thank you for inviting me into YOUR home guys, I appreciate the hospitality. ❤️🦈❤️

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Nina also exclaimed her love for free diving in the ocean with a wonderful pose described as “Underwater Ballet”.

Underwater Ballet. #FreeDiveForACause I love the freedom of freediving, the weightless & infinite feeling of reconnecting to the whole ocean, our bodies are made up of mostly water just like the majority of the planet which all life relies on and sometimes it feels like I can't tell where my hands end and the open water begins. 📸 Photo by the "Juan and Only" @juansharks #conservationphotographer #ForACause #ForTheOcean @oneoceandiving

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Nina Dobrev was hinting at a major project in partnership with Oceana recently via posts on her social media channels. It has now been confirmed that it is a documentary titled Our Planet: 360.

Nina was very upbeat about the quality of the documentary and her experience when filming it.

Mālama Honua is simply translated as “to care for our Island Earth”, but the Hawaiian language is beautiful and complex. Mālama Honua means learning from the lessons of islanders to take care of and protect everything that makes up our world: land, oceans, living beings, our cultures, and our communities. 🌏 #OP360 #Hawaii #SaveSharks #FINBANNOW 📸: @juansharks

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Nina has been spending more time sharing the sea with sharks for Our Planet: 360.

Sharks are friends. Not food. #SharkFinBan pic.twitter.com/5mG1rD8fRj

— Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev) June 23, 2017

Nina also posted a close-up of a turtle; suggesting that the documentary will cover a wider spectrum of species beyond sharks.

#SaveTheTurtles pic.twitter.com/6TG24UREIy

— Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev) June 26, 2017

Nina has clearly been having fun filming the documentary; as she continues to share amazing underwater diving photographs, while also promoting a beach clean-up to help save the lives of species who live underwater from entanglement on fishing lines.

2 minutes 15 seconds. That's how long I was able to hold my breath after my first lesson. Learning to free dive from a real life mermaid @oceanramsey #Repost @oceanramsey (@get_repost) ・・・ #FreedivingForACause Join us today for a reef and beach clean up from 11am to 2pm at Kahala Beach and win prizes and help #savetheocean #helpsavesharks #SaveTheSeaTurtles #savedolphins #savethereef #BeachCleanUp #reefcleanup Photo BTS @ourplanet360 @likemindedentertainment @oneoceandiving @oceana #SaveSharks piece with @nina @cheeklane @markkassen photo by @justinbuttsfilm Freediving to cut fishing line off the reef is a great way to increase your breath hold, just be careful to not pull the fishing line, always cut it and always dive with a buddy who also has a knife or scissors and watches you in case of entanglement. FOR MORE INFO ON BEACH CLEAN UP TODAY SEE: OneOceanConservation.Org 😊💙🌊

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It has not been confirmed how long the documentary will be or if it will be a virtual reality experience as the 360 within the title potentially hints at, although there are details gradually filtering through every few days, so there may be more news soon.

Nina has recently spent two days with Oceana in a district of the Bahamas called Bimini to help protect sharks. Nina’s photo of herself underwater next to a shark with nearby plankton and corral along the seabed; looked as though Nina certainly enjoyed her underwater adventure and participating in the Oceana cause. It was alluded to that there would be at least one video by the mention of “Stay tuned for more sharky goodness” from Nina’s social media post.

Amazing couple of days in Bimini with @oceana and the talented @petezuc and @stephenfrink. Stay tuned for more sharky goodness as I (and you guys!) help OCEANA win a #FinBanNow. ❤️🏊🏼‍♀️🦈❤️ 📸Photo: Stephen Frink

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Before Nina confirmed via an Instagram post referencing a location in Hawaii that there will be at least one video filmed; most probably as part of the #FinBanNow Oceana campaign and that filming is actually continuing,

Part two of my shark adventures begins… NOW. Touched down in this beautiful place where it all began. Heading out to start filming our next project @ourplanet360! 🦈 @oceanicramsey @oneoceandiving @cheeklane @markkassen @salvareztv @oceana @likemindedentertainment #OP360 #Hawaii

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Oceana is a good cause as their mission statement is as follows,

“Working hard to protect our oceans. Fighting against offshore oil and destructive fishing. Fighting for clean energy, sharks and turtles.”
You can find out more about Oceana on their official website at http://oceana.org/take-action and Twitter at https://twitter.com/Oceana