Join Shark Stewards celebrating sharks for International Shark Day with a Kona premiere of our film Kahu Manō- along with other shark films made in Hawaii.
To Benefit Kalanihale.org, the community education organization of Miloli’i
Read MoreKEEP THE SHARKS ALIVE – SHARK WEEK
Given its significant viewership and media influence, Shark Week has a responsibility to strike a balance between entertainment and education, and not stray from science for the sake of sensationalism.
Read MoreHow Jaws Influenced Shark Perception
Twenty-one years after publication, Peter Benchley, the author of the best selling novel from which the script was derived said, “I couldn’t write Jaws today. The extensive new knowledge of sharks would make it impossible for me to create, in good conscience, a villain of the magnitude and malignity of the original.”
Read MoreMexico Closes Down Great White Shark Cage Diving
As of January 10, 2023, cage diving with great white sharks at Isla Guadalupe, 400 miles southwest of Ensenada, Mexico, is permanently prohibited. The Mexican Government’s ban covers all tourism inside the reserve, including film production and liveaboard diving.
Read MoreMexico Closes Down Great White Shark Cage Diving
Not perfect, shark dive ecotourism can have negative impacts on shark behavior, with potential injury and impacts of a threatened species, including energetic and reproductive impacts. However, proper oversight by SEMARNAT, the benefit to the Mexican economy, science, and the ambassadorship that shark tourism provides, exceeds the potential harm to sharks, and may be the best solution to save and better understand them scientifically.
Read MoreIt’s Shark Week. What’s on the Menu?
Sure, the photography is incredible and the content is exciting on Shark Week, but most of us who actually spend our time in the ocean already know that sharks are cool, and humans are the ones to be feared, not the sharks.
Read MoreInternational Shark Day- Sharks of Kona and Beyond
Join Shark Stewards with shark experts, photographers and cultural experts on International Shark Day in Kona, Hawai’i.
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’
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Read MoreKeeping the Sharks Alive for Shark Week
What comes to mind when you hear the word shark? If it’s during Discovery Channel’s most popular program, the image is generally shark attack. This year’s week-long frenzy includes Mike […]
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