Join Shark Stewards celbrating our 15th Annual Sharktoberfest with our Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and watch it on YouTube
Read MoreSharktober Great White Shark Science Sheet
Shark Stewards is proud to launch and share our Sharktober white shark science sheet, free to download. Check out our Shark for Kids science book and our other shark science sheets, and check back for new species.
Read MoreSharktober News and Shark Science
This is the period when adult white sharks return to the west coast after a two thousand mile migration from the white shark cafe in the central Pacific. It is a period of maximum probability to see or encounter a white shark along the west coast California coast. It is also a time when Shark Stewards celebrates sharks and hosts Sharktoberfest celebrations in California and virtually, and motivates the public to embrace their importance and help protect endangered sharks and rays from extinction. Join us at one of our events, and download our new Shark Science Sheet to learn more about white sharks!
Read MoreEmbarking on Green Careers
The partnership with Shark Stewards and UC Berkeley’s Fung Fellowship was fruitful. Founder and Director David McGuire challenged students to develop a better way to coalesce data on California shark sightings, in part to create a rapidly shareable public response and education system that could aid scientific study as well as help minimize the risk of human-shark encounters
Read MoreImportance of Saving Marine Megafauna to Health of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Scientists Forecast Dire Consequences for Marine Ecosystems at Current Trends of Extinction, Loss of Sharks Have Greatest Consequence An international team of researchers examined the roles of marine megafauna species […]
Read MoreSharktober Farallon Sanctuary Tours
Join Shark Conservationist and Naturalist David McGuire and other wildlife specialists celebrating sharks and all ocean life on a life-changing expedition into the Gulf of the Farallones for whales, wildlife and our finny friends.
Read MoreJourney to the Devils Teeth: Sharktober One
The humpback whales put on a spectacular show with breaches and lunge feeding galore. Among the abundant forage fish we saw many seals and sealions, puffins, shearwaters, petrels and at least one albatross.
Read MoreSo Cal Shark News and Events
Shark Stewards is a large international group of passionate individuals like you. We are based on the chapter model addressing areas of need, including Singapore, Malaysia and State by State implementing shark fin bans. We also work with shark survivors (and co wrote a book Surviving the Shark), who tell their story and become passionate about saving sharks. Below is our newsletter featuring our So Cal lead and shark champion Maria Korcmaros.
Read MoreCelebrating Sharks: Why We Need Them, Why We Need to Protect Them
Join us for an exciting presentation by David McGuire, Founder of Shark Stewards. Mr. McGuire will discuss his research and work to save and protect sharks around the world. Sharks are an apex species, critical to the health of ocean ecosystems, yet shark populations are under relentless pressure.
Read MoreWonderful Whales Sharks: the Ocean’s Biggest Fish
The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world, and they are disappearing.
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