The partnership with Shark Stewards and UC Berkeley’s Fung Fellowship was fruitful. Founder and Director David McGuire challenged students to develop a better way to coalesce data on California shark sightings, in part to create a rapidly shareable public response and education system that could aid scientific study as well as help minimize the risk of human-shark encounters
Read MoreSharks: King of the Sea
“Shark!” The scream goes throughout a beachfront scene as movie goers watch the carnage of a vicious attack unfold before them. Jaws was the first of many movies to show these sensationalized stereotypes for rks, now there are several hundred “rogue shark” films in today’s industry. This needs to change amongst the entertainment industry as the media’
Read MoreSharks and Mermaids: the Mythical Creatures of Aquatic Park
Nancy is helping to plan a special upcoming event: the Shark Steward’s 1st Annual Mermaid Parade on Saturday, 8/28th from 11am- 3pm! There will be a costume contest and awards for best dog costume, child costume and more. They will make a parade route from the Aquatic Park & Pier bleachers all the way to Pier 39. You can learn more about this at https://sharkstewards.org/event/sharksmermaids/.
Read MoreSpecies Spotlight: The Bull Shark
The bull shark is an iconic shark species. With their blunt snouts, classic grey and white coloration, and big reputation, bull sharks are very well known. Found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world, these sharks are present in many different environments.
Read MoreHow the United States Can and Must Help Save Sharks Around the World
American trade feeds an intense global demand for shark fins. A new bill could help close several critical gaps in the rules. Op-Eds in the Revelator June 23, 2021 – […]
Read MoreShark Fin Sales Elimination Act Reintroduced into Senate
The bill when passed into law will make it illegal to possess, buy, sell, or transport shark fins or any product containing shark fins,
Read MoreWhere Have All the Blue Sharks Gone?
While Blue Sharks are some of the most extraordinary, personable swimmers of the ocean as well as one of the most abundant pelagic shark species in the world, little is still known about the biology or population health of this beautiful shark. This is primarily due to a disregard by fisheries management and general indifference to the high amount of bycatch and the emergent threat of shark finning.
Read MoreSaving Endangered Oceanic Whitetip Sharks from Extinction
Oceanic whitetip sharks were once the most common pelagic shark throughout the world, but their numbers have suffered a sharp declined due to overfishing in a mere 30 years. This […]
Read MoreWhy Saving Sharks Makes Good Sense
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 MoreUSA Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act Reintroduced
On April 22, 2021, Representatives Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan(D- MP) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) reintroduced the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act.
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