On behalf of Shark Stewards, I am writing in strong support of Assembly Bill 1371. Assemblymember Friedman’s legislation will help address the global plastics crisis by phasing out the unnecessary and unacceptable amount of single-use plastic used to ship online purchases in and into California.
Read MorePassage of Driftnet Modernization Act Will End Deadly California Fishery
Bill Will Protect Marine Life, Eliminate Deadly Gear Fishing for Swordfish in West Coast Waters and Save Sharks and Encourages Shift to More Sustainable Fishing Contact: David McGuire: info@sharkstewards On February 21, […]
Read MoreUSA Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act Reintroduced
On April 22, 2021, Representatives Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan(D- MP) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) reintroduced the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act.
Read MoreStop Illegal Fishing by Taiwan Owned Bumble Bee Tuna
USA based Bumble Bee Foods has been bought by Taiwan’s Fong Chun Formosa (FCF) Fishery Company. FCF has a deplorable record of brutal labor and illegal fishing practices including shark finning.
Read MoreEnd California’s Driftnet Fishery
Bill passed by Congress in 2020 and Vetoed by Trump is reintroduced U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have reintroduced the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act in […]
Read MoreSave Point Reyes National Seashore
In the past few months the Trump Administration’s has fast-tracked leases for drilling, logging, mining and grazing on Americans’ public lands. The Point Reyes National Seashore has been under target […]
Read MoreWhy Save Hammerheads and Mantas?
In 2020 Shark Stewards adopted a new logo to represent our focus on protecting endangered sharks in the next decade. This elegant design contributed by South African artist Katerina Sonntagova […]
Read MoreSTOP THE SHARK FIN TRADE
Since 2006 Shark Stewards has been a leader in the United States reducing the shark fin trade by applying trade data to legislation banning the sale and trade of shark […]
Read MoreSupport Marine National Monuments
In an Executive Order dated January 21, 2021, President Biden announced his administration would review the monument’s status including the Bears Ears of Utah and the NE Atlantic Marine National Monument. Included in this review will be the Trump Administrations proposal to allow commercial fishing in the Pacific Island protected areas in the the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and the Pacific Remote Islands.
Read MoreShark Stewards Calls on eBay to Stop Sales of Endangered Sharks
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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