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 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 […]
Read MoreFed Ex Shark Fin Shipping
Driven largely by the shark fin trade, many species of sharks are threatened with extinction. As a major shipper between the USA and Asia, Fed Ex is responsible for killing […]
Read MoreStop Big Plastic From Polluting California Seas
We, the undersigned condemn single use plastic pollution and urge these major plastic pollution companies to reduce single use plastic packaging, improve labeling, provide increased and verifiable flow from the consumer to recycling.
Read MoreStop California Shark Bycatch
For decades, California fishers have targeted swordfish, mako, and thresher sharks as market catch using drift gill nets, or drift nets. To a lesser degree, white sea bass have been […]
Read MoreUS Trade laws and the USA Shark Sales Elimination Act (HR.737/S.877)
Contact Your Representative and Your Senators Directly and urge them to support the Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2019.
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