On April 17, President Trump issued an executive order would open large USA marine protected areas to commercial fishing in the Pacific. The order instructs the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to implement US-based fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. The proclamation threatens endangered species, sharks, and some of the healthiest coral reefs and marine ecosystems in the world.Protected under federal law since 2009, the proclamation violates the Antiquities Act, the law used to create the Monument.
Read MoreSharktober Scary (but Funny) Film Night
Join Shark Stewards in our annual Sharktoberfest celebration with free films, costumes and candy and scary shark fun on Halloween at the Sports Basement, Berkeley.
Read MoreWhite Sharks and the Red Triangle
Warmer Sea Temperatures and Shifting White Shark Populations are Altering Patterns of Human-White Shark Encounters
Read MoreSharktoberfest 2022
Join Shark Stewards and the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary celebrating sharks and all marine life in our National Marine Sanctuary. Now in our 12th year, we will be hosting shark education and activities and shark film night with the International Ocean FilmFestival.
Read MoreShark Education with the Sanctuary and Shark Stewards
Please join us celebrating and learning about sharks with the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in 2024.
Read MoreGiving and Saving Sharks on Giving Tuesday
On December 3rd we are participating in a Giving Tuesday campaign to support our chapter work in Indonesia, Singapore and Shenzhen China. Learn more about Shark Stewards and how you can be a part of the solution to save sharks.
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 MoreSharkwater Extinction Panel on Survival for Sharks
Discussion on sharks and Co-existing the oceans top predator.
Firehouse at Fort Mason- following the Saturday shark film set at the International Ocean Film Festival San Francisco.
Shark Stewards Awarded Prestigious Community Award by National Parks Service
Shark Stewards youth volunteer program has been awarded the prestigious George Jr. & Helen Hartzog National Awards for Outstanding Service for 2017.
Read MorePhoto Exhibition: Sharing and Protecting the Pacific’s Wild Places
Have you ever been close enough to a whale to smell the fish on their breath, or the smile of a shark so wide you can see the inside of […]
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