Learn about shark migration, behavior, and diversity along the California coastline with David McGuire, founder of Shark Stewards, a shark conservation nonprofit dedicated to saving sharks and protecting critical marine habitat.
Read MoreBay Nature Talk: Sharks of the California Coast
Learn about shark migration, behavior, and diversity along the California coastline with David McGuire, founder of Shark Stewards, a shark conservation nonprofit dedicated to saving sharks and protecting critical marine habitat.
Read MoreBeach Cleanup and Water Monitoring, Aquatic Park
Join Shark Stewards on a cleanup and marine debris data collection days at Aquatic Park, Berkeley, meeting outside the Berkeley Paddling and Rowing Club Nov. 24.
Event with the Cal Berkeley Surfrider Club and the Ocean Society.
New Study Reveals Remnant White Shark Population in Med.
A team of scientists has discovered one of the last remaining white shark populations in the Sicilian Channel, of the western Mediterranean Sea.
Read MoreMPA Day Marin, Films and Collaboration at Bay Model
Join Shark Stewards and the Golden Gate Marin Protected Area Collaborative for a day of films and celebration of our coastal MPAs at the historic Bay Model, Sausalito.
Read MoreSupport Pacific Island Marine Sanctuaries
In the next three years we have our sights on increasing marine protection in US waters through the creation of two new National Marine Sanctuaries: one in California with the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, and one in Hawaii with the creation of the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary. Creating the proposed Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary within the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Monument and the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Sanctuary (PRINMS). These Sanctuary designations will provide stricter protection and can avoid challenges from future administrations stripping marine and cultural protection for resource extraction.
Read MoreProtecting Endangered Sharks
Increased protection would reduce incidental take of critically endangered sharks in the Pacific and protect critical habitat. A
Read MoreSharks at the Dana Point Maritime Festival
Join Shark Stewards leads Maria and Carmen at our booth at the 40th Annual Maritime Festival with our science partners the Ocean Institute in a celebration of the sea. Help […]
Read MoreMarine Policy and Protection of Wildlife at College of Marin
Join Shark Stewards Director David McGuire learning about marine protection policy, wildlife and recovery at the College of Marin.
Read MoreThe Real Apex Predators Are White and Black
Highly intelligent, Orcas are also adaptable. It is believed that the resident Orcas may be moving into southern waters to seek alternate prey sources due to a decline in salmon. With an abundance of anchovies in the Greater Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries, hundreds of humpback whales are feeding nearshore. Overlapping with the whale season is Sharktober, when the adult white sharks return to feed on pinnipeds off the Farallon Islands. Shark Stewards leads public education trips out to the Farallones each fall helping collecting observations on whales and sharks. Although we love orcas, speaking from a shark conservationists’ point of view, we hope they pass on through and white sharks aren’t on the menu this year!
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