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77% of Oceanic Sharks and Rays are Threatened with Extinction (IUCN)

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A White-Tip Reef Shark, Triaenodon obesus, swimming over the reef, surrounded by Big-Eye Trevally, Caranx sexfasciatus, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia.
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Oceanic Whitetip Sharks are Critically Endangered

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Our Mission:

Saving Endangered Sharks from Overfishing and the Shark Fin Trade, and Protecting Critical Marine Habitat.

1/3 of all sharks and rays are threatened with extinction, and with their loss the important ocean ecosystems humans rely on for our own health are at risk.

Why Save Sharks?

Sharks keep the oceans healthy. We rely on the oceans for over half our oxygen, and the oceans are a major carbon sink. Saving sharks can keep us breathing, balance ecosystems and mitigate the impacts caused by climate change.

Save a Shark, Protect the Ocean

Shark Stewards is an international non-profit dedicated to saving sharks and ocean habitat. For over 18 years, our work has saved millions of sharks by introducing shark fin trade bans, regulating fisheries and supporting marine protected areas.

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We are shark activists and rely on your passion and talent to advocate, educate and take action.

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Help Protect Critically Endangered Sharks

Support sharks and their habitat directly by connecting to sharks we observe, and supports marine protected areas. Get a Shark Buddy Certificate! Your $100 donation goes to engaging divers, and monitoring with eyes-on observations leading to increased protection for mobula rays, sharks and their habitat via SharkWatch.

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Keep Sharks Swimming

Sharks are being overfished globally, killed as bycatch or for their fins to make shark fin soup. The shark fin trade contributes to plummeting shark populations across the world. But the problem is deeper than this.

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Letter to Congress: Support New Pacific Island National Marine Sanctuaries

We strongly support designating parts of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as a national marine sanctuary to enhance protections and safeguard resources in the marine portions of the Monument.  We believe sanctuary designation will complement the efforts of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the state of Hawaii, and other federal agencies to conserve this…

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Sanctuaries and NOAA in Peril

Budget cuts and the potential stripping of marine protection in our National Marine Sanctuaries is an imminent threat to over fifty years of wildlife and habitat in the USA.

Shark Stewards urges you to contact your congressman and support NOAA and our National Marine Sanctuaries.

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Shark Stewards Joins Nationwide Coalition to Support NOAA

Shark Stewards has joined 377 organizations and businesses nationwide have joined together to urge Congress to oppose actions by the Trump administration to dismantle, privatize, or significantly diminish the critical services and functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

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