Set gillnets are the primary threat to juvenile great white sharks in their nursery grounds off California. White sharks play an important ecosystem role, and their population is still at low numbers and in recovery.
We can stop the needless slaughter of sharks, dolphins, sea turtles, and other marine wildlife by these nets off the coast of California. Urge the California Fish and Game Commission to declare the bycatch in the California Set Gillnet Fishery unacceptable.
Read MoreThe run for sharks fun run and walk supports our community and underserved youth ocean education. Learn more at Run4sharks.org and sign up to walk, run or volunteer at the 2023 run for sharks and ocean health fair.
Read MoreCelebrate our #SHARKWEEK outreach this Thursday with a live @Artforsharks conversation with artists @sarcastic.shark.art Sean Nelms (featured here), Disco Shark Kevin McHugh and shark water colorist @danajameslamb – and join us for our Golden Gate cruise October 15.
Read MoreSurveying nearly 400 coral reefs around the world, a team of scientists documented that sharks are vanishing from waters where they were once common. This is a deeply disturbing sign that the ocean’s guardians are in even greater peril.
Read MoreRecent work builds on previous studies that many shark species are in deep decline and their loss can have dire consequences on reefs and marine ecosystems.
Read MoreToday is the international day for the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing is observed each year across the world on June 5. Why IUU Fishing is Bad for Sharks
Read MoreSaving Reefs World Ocean Day, Taking Action for the Ocean June 2, 2023 Newsletter Palmyra Atoll and the Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium Documenting Marine Life (Image Ian Shive Tandem Stills […]
Read MoreJoin us for a beach cleanup at the harbor and keep ocean and dog beach free of plastic. With our partners, help keep the reef clean, the reef fish happy and the tiger sharks smiling.
Read MoreIn the last two months, numerous reports of dead or dying sharks in the Bay have followed a another die-off in Aquatic Park Berkeley this year. Sharks are being reported struggling in the shallows or washed up dead by concerned citizens from Redwood City, to Point Richmond, to San Francisco and outside the coast north of Bolinas in Marin County in April and May.
Read MoreCalifornia Coastal Cleanup Day- Aquatic Park San Francisco with Shark Stewards
September 23, 2023
