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Jaws turns 45. Shark Survivor Turns Shark Champion

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The image of the man-eating white shark has been burned into our collective unconscious, creating a phenomenon of fear catalyzed by the release of the world’s first summer blockbuster, “Jaws.”It’s been […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireJuly 8, 2020August 11, 2020Tags: Jaws, shark attack, survivor, white shark

World Oceans Day News

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*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser LATEST NEWS | CAMPAIGNS | GET INVOLVED  DONATE Celebrate the Ocean Happy World Oceans Day! In 1992, the United Nations established World Oceans […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020Tags: black lives matter, hope spot, love 30x30, Marine Monuments, Mission Blue, shark, Timor Leste

Shark Stewards Partners with Timor Leste and Mission Blue to Designate New Hope Spot

Points of Contact: Brett Loveman, Director of Communications, Mission Blue bloveman@mission-blue.org Karen Edyvane, President, Assosiasaun Turizmu Maritima Timor-Leste (ATM-TL) Karen.Edyvane@cdu.edu.au; +61 424 779 374 (Mobile, WhatsApp) David McGuire, Director, Shark […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireJune 8, 2020June 26, 2020

World Oceans Day Hope Spot

Celebration for Timor Leste’s Ombai Wetar Straits Hope Spot On World Oceans Day 2020 we are celebrating the newly designated Ombai-Wetar Strait Hope Spot in Timor Leste. Earth Island’s Shark […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireJune 8, 2020February 23, 2021

Pacific Tuna Industry Prepares to Fish US Marine Protected Areas

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Industrial fishing interests in the Pacific Ocean have responded to a statement made by President Trump to open four Marine National Monuments to commercial fishing in response to COVID. July […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireMay 31, 2020August 11, 2020Tags: Fishing, Marine Monument, Trump, Tuna, WESPAC

Support the Chumash National Marine Sanctuary

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Show your support for the next National Marine Sanctuary The nomination of the Chumash National Marine Sanctuary off the central California coast has reached it’s five-year review and must be […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireMay 20, 2020August 11, 2020Tags: Fishing, MPA, sanctuary

Reducing Risk of a White Shark Attack

Over the past two decades, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has statistically estimated 1.8 human- shark encounters with humans per year off the west coast of North America […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireMay 13, 2020June 23, 2020Tags: California, great white, shark attack

White Shark Attack Leads to California Surfer’s Fatality – What is the Risk?

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Surfer Fatality Leads to Heightened Concern About White Sharks On May 9, 2020, 26 year-old surfer Ben Kelly died from an arterial wound at Manresa Beach near Santa Cruz California […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireMay 10, 2020May 13, 2020Tags: ben kelly, Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark, red triangle, shark attack, surfing, white shark

Live Like a Shark

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*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser LATEST NEWS | CAMPAIGNS | GET INVOLVED  DONATE Now For Some Good News Congratulations to former students and interns Viktoria Kuehn (left) and Karen […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireMay 4, 2020May 9, 2020Tags: COVID19, Newsletter, shark, Volunteers

Shark Stewards Calls on eBay to Stop Sales of Endangered Sharks

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eBay is openly allowing the traffic of parts from endangered and protected sawfish and sharks, namely sawfish rostrum and shark jaws protected under the Endangered Species Act, and the Convention […]

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Posted byDavid McGuireMay 4, 2020May 5, 2020Tags: eBay, endangered species, sawfish

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    • Our Vision: A Healthy Ocean
    • Our Team
      • Shark Stewards DEI Statement
    • Partners & Donors
    • Victories & Milestones
  • Our Work
    • Saving Endangered Sharks and Rays in the Coral Triangle
    • Marine Protection
    • Saving Sharks
    • News
    • Media Production
  • Science & Education
    • Science Programs
    • Citizen Science
    • White Shark Stewardship
    • How to Avoid a Shark Attack
    • Sharktober
    • Sustainable Ecotourism
  • Campaigns
    • Protect 30% of the Oceans by 2030
    • eBay: Stop Selling Endangered Shark and Ray Parts
    • US Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act
    • Shark Watch- Observing California Shark Catch & Human Interactions
    • Save the Hammerhead Highway
    • Fed Ex: Stop Shipping Shark Fin
    • Stop Plastic Pollution
    • Pacific Tuna Industry Prepares to Fish US Marine Protected Areas
  • Expeditions
    • Manta and Shark Expedition to Socorro Island
    • Farallon Sanctuary
    • Kayak the Bay
    • Dive & Save Sharks in SE Asia
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    • How to Help
    • Art For Sharks
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