Make Black Friday Blue by Getting Wet, Buying Less
November 29 Newsletter
If you can’t get into the ocean today, we can all help protect it by buying less and reducing plastic pollution and carbon emissions on this national day of over-consumption. Inspired by my friends at Marin SCUBA Club who dive on Black Friday, I’ll be taking an ocean plunge in gratitude for all the ocean gives to us, and buying nothing on Black Friday. Shark Stewards is grateful to all the volunteers (including Lily Byrne featured below), our supporters and sister organizations dedicated to protecting marine habitat and endangered marine species like sea turtles and the oceanic whitetip shark, that is receiving more protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Over 95% of these charismatic sharks have been fished out of the global ocean. Let’s roll up our wetsuit sleeves and get to work saving and protecting endangered species!
| Atlantic Tuna Commission Fails to Protect Sharks |
| Atlantic Tuna Commission Fails to Protect Sharks The annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), held in Cyprus November 11-18, ended with a failure to close loopholes allowing shark finning in Atlantic fisheries. Despite a building consensus to increase shark protection, China and Japan again blocked the proposal to require landing sharks with fins attached. This loophole allows for more sharks killed, the take of protected species, and inhibits accurate data collection on catch. Additionally, the fisheries management organization increased quotas for bigeye tuna, and reduced restrictions on Fisheries Aggregating Devices. On a positive note, the UK won a two-year effort to ban retention and promote the safe release of manta and devil rays. Tuna and billfish gear are responsible for a large amount of shark bycatch. Requiring zero-retention, and landing sharks with fins-attached in these large industrial fisheries will reduce shark bycatch and better protect endangered sharks like whale sharks, manta rays and oceanic whitetips |
| Celebrating Marine Protection Through Film |
| Join Shark Stewards with our Golden Gate MPA Collaborative for a day of films and information on marine wildlife and habitat protection. MPA film day with documentaries from Hawai’i to California to Baja California Mexico, with our partners Marine Applied Research and Exploration, International Ocean Film Festival, Environmental Action Committee West Marin, the California Marine Collaborative Network, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Family friendly. ¡Películas gratis en español también!  Learn More |
Volunteer Highlight- Running for Sharks Lily Byrne
Meet our newest science team member, Lily. She is a recent Cum Laude graduate from Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts in Organismal Biology and Ecology and a minor in Environmental Studies and loves sharks. Lily has a fellowship with the San Francisco Environment Department and California Climate Action Corps, and is helping lead the water quality monitoring at our Berkeley Aquatic Park research project with UC Berkeley students.
An All-American soccer player and SCUBA diver, Lily is also running for sharks in the San Francisco Half Marathon, and has started a Go Fund Me to raise money for instrumentation and analysis. Sponsor Lily for a mile or join her running February 2nd and help reach our fundraising goal.
Support Lily’s GoFundMe
Events
November 30. Weekly water monitoring and analyses Aquatic Park. Learn more about this community science project with UC Berkeley. Next cleanup day TBA later this month.
December 4. Biodiversity of California Sharks – Online lecture by Shark Stewards Director David McGuire, hosted by Bay Nature.
December 7. Ocean films on Marine Protection at the Bay Model, Sausalito 1-3:30 pm. Learn about our local MPAs with Golden Gate MPA Collaborative and partners. Social and photo exhibit. Free event organized by Shark Stewards, supported by a grant from the Department of Fish and Wildlife.Visit our website for all events and volunteer opportunities.
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To keep sharks swimming, it is urgent we work together with communities and conservation. Join the team and help keep sharks and marine ecosystems alive and thriving! Join one of our bi-weekly team meetings and pitch in. We need content writers, grant research and donor development, as well as hands on engagement!
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With your support, we keep sharks swimming and the ocean healthy. We value your time, your passion, and any size donation.Shark Stewards is rated highest by Charity Navigator, Platinum-ranked by GuideStar, a member of 1% for the Planet, and a proud project of the Earth Island Institute, a federally registered 501(c)3 non profit.
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