Join the Shark Stewards team at SCUBA Show Long Beach learning about sharks and the importance of shark diving to conservation, including a conversation on the recent developments at Guadalupe Island. Visit us at our booth, number 752. Volunteers welcome!
Read MoreAsk Congress to Support our National Marine Sanctuaries and Monuments!
Join us with National Marine Sanctuary Foundation urging your representatives in Congress to prioritize public investment in national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments for Fiscal Year 2024!
Funding is vital for conservation, science and supporting cultural heritage in existing and proposed National Marine Sanctuaries. Help the USA meet our commitment to United Nations goals protecting 30% of our oceans by 2030.
Read MoreSharks in the Dana Point Film Festival
Join Shark Stewards educating and for a screening of our film Alice in Borneo’s Wonderland at the first Dana Point Film Festival. Film screenings are May 6 and 7, following the 50th year anniversary of the classic surfing film Endless Summer.
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day: Inspired by the Sharklady
A particularly inspiring woman in STEM was Eugenie Clark. Renowned Ichthyologist, appointed “Shark Lady”, and founder of the Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida, “Genie” created her own path in science and the study of sharks when none else existed. She was one of the first people to claim that sharks were not mindless monsters who would kill anything in their path but that they are smart, instinctive animals who are worthy of our protection and respect.
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 MoreWalking Sharks, Glowing Sharks- February News
Sometime in the Spring or Summer of 2023, Japan’s TEPCO intends to dump 1.3 million tons of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown into the Pacific ocean.
Walking Sharks Protected in Indonesia
Read MoreBay Area Urban Species Search
Connecting urban biodiversity to conservation planning with the California Academy of Sciences are joining forces to bring urban biodiversity data into the Conservation Lands Network – and we need your help!
Read More‘Walking shark’ Protected in Indonesia
The study, titled “Walking, Swimming, or Hitching a Ride”, was published in the journal Marine and Freshwater Research examined nine known species of walking sharks and make interesting hypothesis about their evolution. The sharks evolved the ability to walk and survive in low oxygen environments because it helped them forage for food in environments where other sharks couldn’t survive.
Read MoreSharks’ Importance to the Ecosystem
Sharks’ Importance to the Ecosystem
Shark Stewards Guest Blog, By Levi Varela, 14 years old
Gear Changes in Pacific Fleet Shine Ray of Hope for Critically Endangered Sharks
An announcement in 2020 by the Hawaii Longline Association to ban the use of wire leaders in the tuna fleet’s fishing equipment paved the way to help save the imperiled oceanic whitetip shark from extinction.
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