The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior is proposing a new 5-Year Offshore Drilling Plan that includes California, the Gulf of Mexico, the previously protected waters off of Florida, and Alaska, including the Alaskan wilderness, where drilling has never been attempted before because of the dangerous risk to sensitive wildlife. Oil spills caused by drilling- like the tragic Deep Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico- will have enduring negative impacts on climate, wildlife and human health. The agency is inviting public comments until Thursday, February 26, 2026.
Read MoreGiving Voice to Endangered Sharks and Rays
Our coalition has submitted nearly 300,000 signatures to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, and 10% of those were Shark Stewards! The Trump Administration is proposing to dismantle protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Thank you for your signatures to our petition and providing comments we submitted.
Read MoreShark Stewards Launches New Plastics Branding Report
The non-profit Shark Stewards has released a report on annual plastic branding and monitoring. In 11 cleanups at Berkeley Aquatic Park, volunteers and team members collected over 1.5 tons of waste comprised of 17,728 items.
Read MoreWhite Sharks and the Red Triangle
At the tail end of Sharktober, California has seen three *incidents” involving great white sharks (white sharks) and humans with one tragic fatality.
Read MoreVoices: Saving Endangered Hammerhead Sharks
Part 5 in a Series on Endangered Wildlife That Have benefitted From the Endangered Species Act 12.22.2025 Aloha! My name is Alan, and I’m a scalloped hammerhead shark—or as we’re […]
Read MoreVoices of Extinction A Soupfin Shark’s Plea for Survival
Save the Soufin Shark and Defend the ESA. Color and Mail to Secretary Burgum (by December 21)
Download the Sammy the Soupfin Shark coloring page from Shark Stewards and color me in! Make me as beautiful and colorful as you want. Then write a short message on your drawing like:
“Dear Secretary Burgum, Please protect Sammy the Soupfin Shark and keep the Endangered Species Act strong! Sharks need our help! From, [Your Name]”
Mail your colored drawing to: Secretary Doug Burgum U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NWWashington, DC 20240
Read MoreVoices- The Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Im an oceanic whitetip shark and spend most of my time in the waters around the big Island of Hawaii. I’m a pelagic, or open- ocean species, constantly swimming over deep- ocean waters.
Read MoreVoices of Extinction
Give sharks a voice with the Voices of Extinction! Join us supporting youth and giving endangered species a voice by submitting your comments online at Regulations.Gov or sending an email […]
Read MoreSave the ESA and Save Endangered Sharks
For fifty years, the ESA has been the “emergency room” for America’s wildlife. It brought the California Gray Whale back from the brink of extinction. It allowed Southern Sea Otters to repopulate our kelp forests. It is the lifeline for endangered Oceanic Whitetip, Scalloped Hammerhead and Soupfin sharks. The ESA works because it was fast, strict, and based on science. Add your voice to USFWS today!
Read MoreHope for the Soupfin Shark: CITES Protection and the Fight Ahead
For far too long, the soupfin shark has faced a relentless onslaught of threats, pushing its global populations to the brink. At the latest Conference of the Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), soupfin sharks achieved international protection from trade.
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