Perhaps more than any other group of marine megafauna, sharks face the most imminent threat of extinction.
“Shark Stewards is on the frontlines saving sharks, please support their work.”
Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Fellow and Founder, Mission Blue
We are mobilizing to flood the Congress, the USFWS and NMFS with public comments and sending our team directly to Washington D.C. to lobby Congress against these and other rollbacks. That is why we launched the Voices of Extinction and Support Our Sanctuaries campaigns.
But we cannot get there without you.
- $50 – The Student Advocate: Sponsors a student to testify at hearings for supporting marine protected areas and the California coast from oil development in 2026.
- $100 – The Shark Watcher: Deploys an ambassador for our Shark Watch program to collect the data on California coastal shark fishing to support new regulations.
- $250 – The Story Teller Funds editing and using existing network and footage to communicate threats to endangered species of sharks.
- $500 – The Lobbyist: Covers travel costs for one Shark Steward to meet legislators in and oppose stripping wildlife and sanctuary protection in 2026.
- $1,000 – The Legal Defender: Contributes to our legal defense fund to challenge the ESA ammendments and National Marine Monument weakening in court with the Earth Island Advocates.
Silence is not an option
Be a Shark Buddy and get a Shark Buddy Certificate! Your $100 donation goes to engaging divers and eyes-on monitoring, increasing protection for mobula rays, sharks and their habitat through our Shark Watch community science program.
Shark Stewards is a project of The Earth Island Institute, a US registered 501(c3) non-profit. For tax purposes our EIN is 94-2889684