Sharks are perfectly evolved to thrive and survive in the ocean. Sharks have been around for over 420 million years, changing and evolving to be the creatures we know today. […]
Read MoreThe Best Bad Shark Movie Contest
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Run for Sharks – Virtually!
Great white shark attacks triathlete Maria Korcemaros, and she attacks shark extinction. We are running for sharks virtually!
Read MoreJaws turns 45. Shark Survivor Turns Shark Champion
July 8, 2020 The image of the man-eating white shark has been burned into our collective unconscious, creating a phenomenon of fear catalyzed by the release of the world’s first summer […]
Read MoreWhite Shark Attack – What is Your Risk?
Most of the encounters with white sharks along the west coast of North America occur with mature white sharks in the months between August and November. These months we call Sharktober are when the large white sharks return to the coast after an annual migration to forage on seals and sea lions.
Read MoreSHARKS & SUDS The WHITE CAP
SHARKS & SUDS The WHITE CAP November 13, 7:00-10 PM To Benefit Shark Stewards & a Healthy Ocean Join us for a night of film and conversation on surfing, sharks […]
Read MoreSharktober Events Schedule
Why Sharktober? First initiated to promote the successful California Shark Fin Trade Bill in 2009, Shark Stewards created these events to celebrate sharks in San Francisco and educate our community […]
Read MoreWhat is Sharktober?
Sharktober is a celebration of white sharks, but really all sharks. Shark Stewards launched annual Sharktober and Sharktoberfest education efforts in 2008 to celebrate the return of the white sharks to our Sanctuary offshore, and to educate and motivate the public to protect sharks.
Read MoreOccasionally People Get Bit by White Sharks- What is your Relative Risk?
A Stanford study, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment in 2017, finds that despite increasing records of shark attacks, mostly by white sharks in California, the individual attack risk has dropped by more than 91 percent during the past six decades. The study indicates that the highest risk group, Surfers, which have a 1-in-17 million chance of being bitten by a white shark in California.
Read MoreWhite Shark Attacks on the West Coast of North America
Relative risk and how to avoid an encounter in light of recent attack. The unfortunate death of surfer Ben Kelly at Manresa State Beach May 9 was, in all likelihood, […]
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