Sharktoberfest 2019 – Beach Cleanup and Shark Party Saturday, October 19, 2019 2:00 PM 5:30 PM Blue Endeavors2219-A South Shore CenterAlameda, CAUnited States (map) ABOUT THIS EVENT We will be doing a […]
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Why Sharktober? First initiated to promote the successful California Shark Fin Trade Bill in 2009, Shark Stewards created these events to celebrate sharks in San Francisco and educate our community […]
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Sharktober is a celebration of white sharks, but really all sharks. Shark Stewards launched annual Sharktober and Sharktoberfest education efforts in 2008 to celebrate the return of the white sharks to our Sanctuary offshore, and to educate and motivate the public to protect sharks.
Read MoreSharktober and Sailing the Devil’s Teeth
Thirty miles west, one can catch a glimpse of the mysterious Farallon Islands when the marine layer lifts. The coastal by Miwok Indians called them the Islands of the Dead, […]
Read MoreSharktoberfest at the California Academy of Sciences
It’s our annual Shark celebration with the California Academy of Sciences. Shark science and fun.
Read MoreSharktoberfest at the Sanctuary
Join Shark Stewards for our 10th annual Sharktoberfest celebration with the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
Read MoreFarallon Sanctuary Expeditions
Join Shark Stewards celebrating sharks in a life-changing experience searching the Gulf of the Farallones for whales, wildlife and our finny friends.
Read MoreFarallon Wildlife Expeditions with Shark Stewards
Join Shark Stewards on one of two final Farallon Island expeditions documenting wildlife in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Read MoreShark News November 2018
View this email in your browser In this issue: Marine National Monuments Event Fed Ex Shark Fin Campaign Name the Shark Winner Farallon Island Expeditions Upcoming Events ————————————————————————————————- Special Event to […]
Read MoreOccasionally People Get Bit by White Sharks- What is your Relative Risk?
A Stanford study, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment in 2017, finds that despite increasing records of shark attacks, mostly by white sharks in California, the individual attack risk has dropped by more than 91 percent during the past six decades. The study indicates that the highest risk group, Surfers, which have a 1-in-17 million chance of being bitten by a white shark in California.
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