A change in the ESA could reverse critical environmental safeguards and over 50 years of important species protection. Allowing habitat destruction could be the death knell for imperiled species across the United States and beyond, including great hammerhead sharks, green sea turtles and short tailed albatross.
This month we are campaigning the US Congress to support endangered marine life and marine protection.
Defend the Endangered Species Act
The Trump administration is trying to undermine language in the Endangered Species Act to make it easier for developers and industry. It would loosen restrictions on industrial activities like coastal development and oil exploration that might damage an endangered animal’s habitat, even if the animal itself is not directly harmed.
Read MoreI Wish You Water- Remembering J Nichols
2024 will be remembered for many momentous events, from ongoing wars, to the election, to the specter of a new global virus. This year, the world also suffered a truly tragic loss in the ocean conservation world with the untimely passing of Wallace “J” Nichols.
Read MoreSupport the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary Designation
Papahānaumokuākea is a sacred place with deep cosmological significance to Native Hawaiians who have a genealogical relationship to all living things in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Monument is a mixed (natural and cultural) World Heritage Site. It preserves sacred places, stories, artifacts, and strong Polynesian cultural ties to the land and seas, dating back more than a thousand years.
Read MoreGet Into Your Sanctuary Day Hawaii Celebration
Ko Olina Resort in partnership with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and other community partners will host a Get Into Your Sanctuary Day Celebration. The free event will be held on Saturday, July 22 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with a beach cleanup, marine debris art show, entertainment, and ocean education and sustainability activities at Mā‘ili Beach Park.
Read MoreBan Deadly Mesh Driftnets Off California
The Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, a bill to phase out large mesh drift gillnets used in federal waters off the coast of California has reintroduced by U.S. Senators […]
Read MoreNets of Death: End a Fishery That Will Save Sharks
Please support saving California marine wildlife by contacting your Congressional representative and ask them to support the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act.
Read MoreSaving Endangered Marine Megafauna- Endangered Species Day
Join Shark Steward’s Endangered Species Day Facebook Live discussion, Q/A with experts on manta rays, whales, sharks, sea turtles and the endangered species act.
Read MoreWorld Aquatic Wildlife Day
Join Shark Stewards celebrating and protecting ocean life on
World Aquatic Animal Day
This year’s theme is The Impact of Our Human Activities on Aquatic Animals
Why Save Sharks and How
Join Shark Stewards for a celebration of wildlife and discussion on endangered marine megafauna and why we should save them from extinction.
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