United Nations – Shark Stewards

International IUU Fishing Day -Why IUU Fishing is Bad for Sharks

Today is the international day for the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing is observed each year across the world on June 5. Why IUU Fishing is Bad for Sharks

Shark Stewards is a signatory to an appeal to end global plastic pollution through prevention, alternate manufacturing and accountability. The need for urgent negotiation of a new global treaty to […]

Stop Fish Bombing in the Coral Triangle

Fish bombing (also known as ‘dynamite fishing’, or ‘blast fishing’) is a destructive fishing practice in which typically homemade bombs are dropped into the ocean or onto the seabed. Shock […]

Pledge the UN Initiative to Stop Fish Bombing

Fish bombing (also known as ‘dynamite fishing’, or ‘blast fishing’) is a destructive fishing practice in which typically, homemade bombs are dropped into the ocean or onto the seabed. Shock […]

World Oceans Day at the United Nations

Celebrate the ocean on World Oceans Day! Join Shark Stewards in our 8th WOD, celebrating and taking action for Bay and ocean health in San Francisco.

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Pacific Tuna Fisheries Managers to Consider Bycatch Reduction for Oceanic Sharks

At the IATTC Shark Stewards Director David McGuire addressed the forum on the plight of oceanic whitetip sharks and posed the solution offered by the Hawai’i Longline Association and Western …

URGENT 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.