Sharktober is the period when the large adult sharks reappear on our coastline after six months or more of absence. After migrating thousands of miles from the Central Pacific ocean between North America and Hawaii called the “White Shark Cafe”, the mature white sharks return in late summer to their feeding grounds off the Central California coast.
Read MoreProtecting Endangered Sharks
Increased protection would reduce incidental take of critically endangered sharks in the Pacific and protect critical habitat. A
Read MoreKiller Whales Considered Separate Species
In the Gulf of the Farallones, the most common ecotype is known as the Transients or Biggs Ecotype. The Transients were the group identified in the humpback whale event last month. These orcas eat mammals, but are known to occasionally prey on seabirds, possibly squid, and occasionally even great white sharks too.
Read MoreTest Your Shark Knowledge for Shark Week
Test your shark knowledge for shark week. Join us in Kona for International Shark Awareness Day for a screening of Kahu Manō our new film on Hawaii sharks, culture and traditional conservation.
Read MoreSearching for Rabbit(fish) Finding Ghosts
While children are hunting for plastic eggs and others for salvation on Easter, scientists are searching the depths for new and undescribed sharks, called Rabbitfish, Ghost sharks or Chimaera. This month, scientists published a report of a new species of deepwater “ghost shark” with a huge head one third its body length, and giant, iridescent eyes.
Read MoreNew Documentary With Shark Stewards at CoP28
New Documentary With Shark Stewards at CoP28
Read MoreWonderful Whale Sharks: the Ocean’s Biggest Fish
The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world, and they are disappearing.
Read MoreLog to the Devil’s Teeth Expeditions 2023
These unique natural history trips to the Devil’s Teeth, (the Island of the Great White Shark) focus on the history, geology and biology of the Greater Farallones and San Francisco Bay. We only book in fall when the white sharks return and the weather is clement for our passengers and students. We focus on shark conservation and the health of the entire marine ecosystem in our sanctuary. Although we will watch whales and seabirds, and seek sharks- these trips are conservation and outdoor marine education and are not shark specifically watching of diving trips- but we often see sharks!
Read MoreSave Endangered Sawfish and Sharks from Trade on eBay – Sharktober News
Celebrate Sawfish on International Sawfish Day during Sharktober!. These sharks are critically endangered- but eBay allows the sale of rostra (the saw) on their site without CITES permits. Check out our petition and end the trade of endangered wildlife parts like jaws and saws from protected species.
Read MoreURGENT ACTION TO PROTECT OCEANIC SHARKS
Shark Stewards is supporting the newly Proposed Rule: Retention Prohibition of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks in U.S. Atlantic Waters and Hammerhead Sharks in the U.S. Caribbean Sea.
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