Join us for a night of film and conversation on international shark protection with David McGuire, Founder and Executive Director of Shark Stewards.
We will show two short PSAs and a short film, and David will give an update on shark conservation work in Panama and Hawaii including Shark Watch, a community science project funded, in part, by Patagonia.
Read MoreDeron Verbeck and David McGuire will be sharing sone of their photography and conservation work with Shark Stewards at the Orange County Underwater Photographic Society meeting October 11 at 7 […]
Read MoreIts time for our annual sharkober get together with team-members and new volunteers and shark enthusiasts with shark fun, facts, updates and activities.
Read MoreJoin us for a night of film and conversation on international shark protection with David McGuire, Founder and Executive Director of Shark Stewards and Ana Blanco, Executive Director of the International Ocean Film Festival.
Read MoreAs we float in shark alley, the wildlife biologists on the island make their own recordings of seabirds, seals, shark attacks and human visitation. Finally, it is time to head back to the mainland, and reeling in the decoy, we are delighted by a goodbye view of a white shark passing beneath unseen but for the video, to be enjoyed on the monitor afterwards and here.
Read MoreIt’s unlawful to place any shark bait, shark lure, or shark chum into the water within one nautical mile of any shoreline, pier, or jetty when a white shark is either visible or known to be present.” US Fish and Wildlife Code
Read MoreScientists evaluate the health risk assessment of globally consumed shark meat and shark fins.
Eating shark meat and shark fins are bad for sharks, but it is also bad for human health.”
Read MoreShark Awareness Day with Stand Up to Trash at the Ocean Institute
Talk on sharks with Shark Stewards
Beach Cleanup and Lunch and Learn
Dive in and learn about sharks on Ocean Awareness Day in beautiful La Jolla California! Join Shark Stewards at Ocean Alley
Interactive Educational Activities and Family Fun
Learn how sharks feed, and check out this Mako Shark sculpture by artist Carl Glowienke!
Read MoreThis year delegates and scientists will convene to consider increasing international trade protection for hundreds of species of plants and animals under CITES, a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) entered into force in 1975, and became the only treaty to ensure that international trade in plants and animals does not threaten their survival in the wild. A State or country that has agreed to implement the Convention is called a Party to CITES. Currently there are 184 Parties, including 183 member countries and the European Union.
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