Shark Stewards joins our new partners at the Newport Back Bay for a cleanup at the popular Lower Back Bay fitness and walking area.
Read MoreShark Stewards CITES Intern Update, Vivian Guido
The requiem and hammerhead shark families include some of the most endangered species of sharks. Important apex predators, hammerheads and requiem sharks are among the highest traded fins in the Asian market. New research shows that 37% of all sharks are threatened with extinction, the highest percentage among vertebrate groups in the ocean. Pelagic (open ocean) sharks have declined over 70 percent in the last 50 years. Additionally, reef shark populations were found to be functionally extinct on 20% of coral reefs surveyed around the globe.of all species in the shark fin trade are endangered.
Read MoreWomen and Sharks in Ocean Science
From a young age, I believed that girls could be both pretty and good at math. They could wear pink and play sports. They could be strong but still like glitter. In the past, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) have been consistently male dominated fields; but thankfully for me and all the other girls interested in experiments and curious to learn, there have been numerous trailblazing women that have paved a path for us in the STEM fields.
Read MoreEarth Day – Bay Cleanup and Ecoblitz
Volunteer at our beach cleanup team doing a marine debris survey and bioblitz in our Maritime National Park on Earth Day!
Read MoreCalifornia’s Coolest Sharks- Nicholas Endowment Distinguished Speaker
Learn about California sharks with Shark Stewards Director David McGuire with a talk, multimedia and real sharks at the Ocean Science Institute, Dana Point.
Read MoreSharktober Great White Shark Science Sheet
Shark Stewards is proud to launch and share our Sharktober white shark science sheet, free to download. Check out our Shark for Kids science book and our other shark science sheets, and check back for new species.
Read MoreSharktober News and Shark Science
This is the period when adult white sharks return to the west coast after a two thousand mile migration from the white shark cafe in the central Pacific. It is a period of maximum probability to see or encounter a white shark along the west coast California coast. It is also a time when Shark Stewards celebrates sharks and hosts Sharktoberfest celebrations in California and virtually, and motivates the public to embrace their importance and help protect endangered sharks and rays from extinction. Join us at one of our events, and download our new Shark Science Sheet to learn more about white sharks!
Read MoreRachel Carson: My Inspiration
I first heard of Rachel Carson as a girl at a local natural foods market called The Good Earth. I saw a mural of her on the wall, and I later learned that she had been an inspiration for this market which had an organic cafe dedicated to her. I didn’t recognize then what an influence this woman would have on my life.
Read MoreNews: Celebrating Women in Science
Shark Stewards is celebrating women in science by featuring stories from women on our team. A majority of our membership and leadership team are women (and many are scientists!) so we are kicking off a series of essays on our blog during Women’s History Month
Read MoreScience Carnival at Chabot
Join us and learn about shark science at Chabot Science Carnival
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