This week President Trump announced the greatest rollback of protected public lands of any Administration in US history. Stripping back protected National Monuments at the Bear’s Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante […]
Read MoreOur Big Blue Expedition, Saving Sharks and Whales in the Coral Triangle
Shark Stewards announces the launch of an international conservation coalition to support endangered wildlife and habitat in the Coral Triangle. The seas bounded by Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia […]
Read MoreBlue Sharks, Whale Sharks Receive Increased International Protection
“The fishery for blue sharks has been estimated to remove 20 million animals every year, this may well be the single largest removal of a large wild vertebrate from the […]
Read MoreSave Sabah Sharks
Founded in 2015, the Sabah Shark Protection Association is a non-profit organization made up of eight primary partners. These partners including Shark Stewards and other NGOs, research organisations and private […]
Read MoreStop Fish Bombing in the Coral Triangle
Fish bombing (also known as ‘dynamite fishing’, or ‘blast fishing’) is a destructive fishing practice in which typically homemade bombs are dropped into the ocean or onto the seabed. Shock […]
Read MoreHouse Moves to Dismantle Antiquities Act, Threatening Marine Protection
The House Natural Resources Committee has voted on a new bill that would strip the Antiquities Act, a law that has protected public lands and waters in large monuments.
Read MoreTrump Places Pacific Marine Protected Areas at Risk
According to a copy of the report obtained by The Washington Post September 19, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that President Trump modify 10 national monuments created under the last […]
Read MoreAquatic Park Stewards: Marine Debris & Bay Ecosystem Conservation
The Aquatic Park Stewards program with Shark Stewards is helping lead the Bay marine debris prevention effort through clean-ups and quantifying marine debris at Aquatic Park, San Francisco. Cleanups are the […]
Read MoreTrump: Hands Off Our National Marine Monuments- Act Now.
August 23, 2017 The 24 August deadline for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to give recommendations to President Trump on whether to alter dozens of national monuments is near, yet there […]
Read MoreSharks Don’t Get A Summer Break- News Update
In this Newsletter. Back from Borneo, back in the Bay Area for shark lectures, film and action! Sharks don’t get a summer break Back From Borneo Sharks and Ecotourism Festival […]
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