On July 12, Shark Stewards hosted a screening of David Attenboroughʻs Ocean and other short films at our annual ocean education event in Kailua-Kona Hawaii. This impactful film premiered at the UN Ocean Conference June 8, 2025. In Ocean, Sir David so eloquently highlights the numerous threats to the ocean and marine life, particularly bottom trawling. A major source of hope at the UN conference and in the film, is the establishment of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs), including the Channel Islands MPAs in California, and the Papahānaumokuākea in Hawaiian waters.
Read MoreStop the Ocean Steal
Today, Shark Stewards launched a new youth oriented social media campaign to stop IUU fishing, Overfishing sharks and generating a youth movement to defend marine protected areas in the USA.
The campaign is directed at young and first time voters in the US to focus on changing the congress in 2026 to support maintaining legal protection of US marine protecetd areas, and support funding for Climate science, USFWS and NOAA so that agencies can effectively fulfill their mission.
Read MoreShark Week: A Deep Dive or a Light Touch for Sharks
As July 20, 2025 marks the start of Discovery Channel’s 37th annual Shark Week, millions of viewers around the world are gearing up for a another week of shark-centric programming.
Read MoreSharktober Cleanup and Activity, Aquatic Park
Join Shark Stewards and science team for our annual Sharktoberfest celeabration of sharks and ocean health.
Support sharks and ocean health! We are preparing to make a statement in defense of the Sanctuaries Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act, all under threat.
Join us making signs and costumes to peacefully protest at the University Overpass on No Kings Ocean Day October 18.
Education, science and clean up and survey, Aquatic Park, Berkeley CA
Swim For Sharks and Ocean Health
We are swimming for sharks starting July 5th in the Triple Crown Kona swim in Kailua Bay.. This is a a starter swim to a GoFundMe building towards a point to point 10K swim in Bruno’s backyard from Magic sands to Kahalu’u Beach Park August 9, 2025.
Read MoreJaws and the Megalodon Myth: Separating Fact From Fossil Fiction
The prehistoric shark Megaoldon (Otodus megalodon) has magnified the fear factor through depictions of a modern day great white shark stretched to proportion of 90 tons and 80 feet. Films like the Meg and sharkweek have generated a false belief that the ancient sharks looked like the modern ocean predators, and some are still swimming in the depths of the ocean.
Read MoreOcean Film Screening, International Shark Day Celebration
Watch David Attenborough’s Ocean. Join Shark Stewards at the Hualālai Theater, Kona Elks Lodge on July 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM (Hawaii Time) for a day filled with amazing film and activities dedicated to our favorite ocean predators.
Read MoreDivers Saving Sharks
On April 17, President Trump issued an executive order would open large USA marine protected areas to commercial fishing in the Pacific. The order instructs the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to implement US-based fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. The proclamation threatens endangered species, sharks, and some of the healthiest coral reefs and marine ecosystems in the world.Protected under federal law since 2009, the proclamation violates the Antiquities Act, the law used to create the Monument.
Read MoreOceans Kona- International Shark Day
Celebrate and Protect the Ocean
Join Shark Stewards celebrating sharks for International Shark Day with a Kona premiere Ocean by David Attenborough with other shark films made in Hawaii.
July 14 is Shark Awareness Shark Day, a day created to dispel myths about sharks and to raise awareness about the importance of sharks to the ocean.
Read MoreKawaihae Harbor Summer Cleanup
Kawaihae Harbor Summer Cleanup with our partners Keep Puako Beautiful and S. Kohala Aliance
When Sat, July 12, 8am – 12pm
Where Pua Ka ‘Ilima ‘O Kawaihae Cultural Surf Park, Island of, Waimea, HI 96743, USA