At the tail end of Sharktober, California has seen three *incidents” involving great white sharks (white sharks) and humans with one tragic fatality.
Read MoreBasking Shark-California’s Biggest Fish
International Basking Shark Day Recognizes the Second Largest Fish, and Works to Protect Them
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark.
Read MoreHope for the High Seas- New Global Treaty Signed
In the Northeast Pacific, adult white sharks annually migrate far from USA and Mexican protection and are vulnerable to being killed as bycatch on international longliners or shark finning on the high seas. This is one of the reasons we celebrate their return to Sanctuary during Sharktober each year!
Read MoreGreat Whites on the Rise
Scientists and shark conservation organizations like Shark Stewards call this period “Sharktober” to describe the period of heightened great white shark (hereafter called white sharks) activity and human encounters along the California coast. As the fall season arrives along California’s coastline, a compelling and cautionary period for ocean-goers occurs when adult great white sharks return to California waters. These fall months coincide with an increase in human -shark interactions and a few, but rare, high profile human shark interactions, (aka shark attacks.) Here we discuss the incidence of great white shark human interactions* along the West Coast of North America, the relative risk and how to avoid becoming the next statistic.
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
Putting the Blue Into Black Friday
Join Shark Stewards with our Golden Gate MPA Collaborative for a day of films and information on marine wildlife and habitat protection.
Read MoreSharktober Scary (but Funny) Film Night
Join Shark Stewards in our annual Sharktoberfest celebration with free films, costumes and candy and scary shark fun on Halloween at the Sports Basement, Berkeley.
Read MoreWhat is Sharktober?
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 MoreHow You Can Help Oceanic Whitetip Sharks
NOAA National Marine Fisheries is Considering Rule Changes to the ESA to Increase Protection for the Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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