Michael Bear is the President and co-founder of Ocean Sanctuaries and a board member of Shark Stewards. He manages the Sevengill Shark ID Project, which uses the pattern recognition algorithms contained in ‘Wildbook’ to help identify Sevengills returning to La Jolla [and Cape Town] from year-to-year. We are leading dive trips and recruiting divers who dive the san Diego area to submit photographs of sevengill sharks to photo ID using an algorithm.
Read MoreObserve, Record and Identify Sharks
As part of Shark Watch CA, Shark Stewards is coordinating a community science event in La Jolla cove to spread the word about sevengill sharks and collect data using photo ID.
Read MoreShark Week News
Help Shark Stewards keep the sharks in shark week.
Read MoreSnapshot Cal Coast- Surveying our MPAs
Led by the California Academy of Sciences with support from the MPA Collaborative Network and other partners including our Golden Gate MPA Collaborative, together we are creating a snapshot in time of where species are located along our coast
Read MoreSnapshot CalCoast: Collecting Data in California MPAs
As part of the California Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network, Shark Stewards is participating with the California Academy of Sciences and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in subtidal surveys of California MPAs as part of the Snapshot Cal Coast.
Read MoreEarth Week Backyard Biodiversity Bioblitz 2020
Join Shark Stewards in the Earth Week Backyard Biodiversity Bioblitz 2020! Participate wherever you live using a smart phone and the free iNaturalist App.
Read MoreEnding Ocean Plastic -California EcoBlitz
The EcoBlitz CA with National Geographic is a statewide urban to ocean plastics and species data collection with youth. This project engages educators & classrooms to gather data, shared with National Geographic Explorers in a project to better understand the interconnected nature of the human & natural world.
Read MoreRichardson Bay Citizen Science Kayak Adventures
This excursion starts at Sea Trek at the Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model where we will learn about the tides, currents and geology of the San Francisco Bay over […]
Read MoreCitizen Science
Join us for a Citizen Science Kayak Experience on Richardson Bay, Sausalito on the San Francisco Bay.
Read MoreShark Sanctuary Kayak Experience
See a seabird, a seal or a shark! Sign up for our kayak expeditions on Richardson Bay and Help as a Citizen Scientist!
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