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
White sharks are the most commonly encountered large shark species by humans off the west coast. Protected in California since 1994, more sightings and close encounters with young sharks are occurring in Southern California.
Read MoreSharktober Ocean Film Night at University San Francisco
Join Shark Stewards and the Environmental Sciences and Studies Programs for a talk and screening of shark films with Shark Stewards.
Read MoreSharktoberfest- Celebrating the White Sharks in Our Sanctuary
Celebrate the return of the great white sharks to our Sanctuary with Shark Stewards
Read MoreThe Big Swim for Sharks
As an ocean swimmer and diver I frequently swim with sharks, although most of the time I don’t see them. This summer I swam from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco, entering the water […]
Read MoreSharktober, White Sharks and the Red Triangle Myth
Although white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias aka “Great White Sharks”) swim our in ocean year round, a period of higher risk of encountering an adult white shark occurs in the fall months we call “Sharktober”. This is the period between September and November when peak white shark encounters occur along the Coast of California
Read MoreSharktober: Celebrating Sharks
By DAVID MCGUIRE September 1, 2015 Surfers along the central coast of California call this time of year Sharktober. This is the season when the white sharks of the north […]
Read MoreIts Sharktober- lets celebrate and save some sharks!
It is now year six of Shark Steward’s Sharktober events reaching nearly 10,000 directly in the Bay Area. Originally started in 2008 to motivate the public and leverage passage of the (now […]
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