It’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 MoreNew Study- Eating Sharks Bad for Humans, Bad for Hammerhead Sharks
Scientists 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, Stand Up to Trash and Ocean Institute
Shark Awareness Day with Stand Up to Trash at the Ocean Institute
Talk on sharks with Shark Stewards
Beach Cleanup and Lunch and Learn
Ocean Awareness Shark ID Dive In and Fair, La Jolla Cove
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 MoreNew Guide to Species Proposals at CITES
This 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.
Read MoreCelebrating and Protecting Manta Rays
September 17 is World Manta Day, a day to celebrate the marvelous mobula rays and how to protect these increasingly endangered rays. Manta Facts Manta rays are relatives of all […]
Read MoreHistory of Human Occupation on the Farallon islands
Looking west on a clear San Francisco day a smudge of jagged peaks can be glimpsed on edge of the horizon. A rugged archipelago of wind and wave-worn rocks form the Farallon Island chain. Located 30 miles from shore, Farallones composed of SE Farallones (the tallest), Middle Rock, the Island of St James to the North, and Noon Day rock, the islands host a history of shipwreck, murder and the birth of millions of seabirds and seals. Known as the islands of the Dead by the native Miwok, who viewed them but did not leave any evidence of visitation, the islands have a rich and sometimes tragic history of human occupation.
Read MoreCelebrating the World’s Biggest Fish: Whale Shark Day
August 30 is International Whale Shark Day! This day was established to raise awareness around the importance of whale sharks to marine ecosystems and their dwindling population numbers, and to encourage conservation efforts to protect these gentle sharks.
Read MoreSperm Whale Death Draws Great White Sharks
Whale attracts a congregation of white sharks near coastal area frequented by surfers, divers. Ocean goers advised to be on alert. On July 29, an adult sperm whale was reported […]
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.
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