Approved in the final days of the Biden Administration, NOAA is currently designating the marine portions of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Hawaiian Islands as America’s 18th National Marine Sanctuary.
Read MoreFinal Public Comment Ends to Support the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary
One third of all sharks including the Oceanic Whitetip and Scalloped Hammerhead are imminently threatened with extinction. Join us at a film screening, volunteer, and help us save sharks from overfishing, and protect their habitat.
Learn more, and sign our petition to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission to reduce shark bycatch below.
Saving Endangered Sharks Through Science, Art, and Community Action
overfished by fisheries around the world, primarily for the fins. Once abundant, oceanic whitetip (OWT) sharks have been depleted on a global scale. International demand for shark fins is the major force behind OWT shark mortality. The fins are exported from around the globe to Asia, particularly China, for use in shark fin soup.
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November News Ecotourism in La Paz, and at nearby Cabo Pulmo are examples of how dive-ecotourism can support conservation and marine protection. Our goal is to extend this up into the Gulf, connecting protected places with a no fishing migratory pathway. Follow us on this exciting partnership and endeavor to save endangered sharks at of the world’s great shark Hope Spots!
Read MoreInternational Whale Shark Day-respecting the ocean’s largest living fish.
According to the IUCN, the Indo-Pacific population of the whale shark is thought to have reduced 63 percent over the past 75 years. These magnificent sharks are now endangered globally. Join us for a live webinar tonight and learn how to observe, document and save sharks.
Read MoreMay Newsletter- EU Shark Fin Trade Ban, Shark Films & Events
View this email in your browser Stopping the Global Shark Fin Trade Following shark fin trade bans in Canada, the USA, (and soon the UK), the major source of shark fin […]
Read MoreThe Year of the Shark: December News
With your help, Shark Stewards has catalyzed considerable conservation success for sharks in the Congress with the US Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, regulating gear in Pacific fisheries, and passing global trade restrictions this year!
This month, the Congress made the penultimate step towards saving overfished shark populations and endangered sharks from extinction, by passing a bill that will ban the USA’s involvement in the global shark fin trade.
Read MoreSaving Endangered Sharks – World Ocean Day News
Celebrate the Ocean With Sharks!Join us celebrating sharks and the oceans on World Oceans Day, and help work together to protect biodiversity!
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We are grateful that in 2021 we saw the reintroduction of the California Driftnet Ban and the US Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act: two acts of legislation that Shark Stewards have been involved with since 2013. We are actively supporting the establishment of two new cultural and national marine sanctuaries with NOAA.
Read MoreWorld Oceans Day With Shark Stewards
Join us for a series of online and in-person events celebrating the ocean, taking action to reduce plastic pollution, and saving sharks and whales in our National Marine Sanctuaries and beyond.
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