Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended that President Trump modify 10 national monuments created under the last 3 administrations, shrinking the boundaries of at least four western sites, and three marine monuments. Specifically, the leak indicates that the administration has direct target to reduce or eliminate protections for the Utah Bears Ears Monument and the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and four others.
Read MoreAquatic Park Stewards: Marine Debris & Bay Ecosystem Conservation
The Aquatic Park Stewards program with Shark Stewards is helping lead the Bay marine debris prevention effort through clean-ups and quantifying marine debris at Aquatic Park, San Francisco. Cleanups are the […]
Read MoreTrump: Hands Off Our National Marine Monuments- Act Now.
August 23, 2017 The 24 August deadline for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to give recommendations to President Trump on whether to alter dozens of national monuments is near, yet there […]
Read MoreSharks Don’t Get A Summer Break- News Update
In this Newsletter. Back from Borneo, back in the Bay Area for shark lectures, film and action! Sharks don’t get a summer break Back From Borneo Sharks and Ecotourism Festival […]
Read MoreExploring and Saving Borneo Wildlife
August 15, 2017 Since 2013 when we signed onto an effort to ban shark fishing in Sabah, Borneo, Shark Stewards has been active in the region in policy, data collection […]
Read MorePledge 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 waves produced by the explosion either stun or kill fish, some of which are then collected from the surface while the rest sink to the seabed. Fish bombing not only targets fish but all other surrounding marine life, as well as destroying the coral reef which takes decades to recover devastating the ecosystem and future livelihoods.
Read MoreIt’s Shark Week: What is The Fuss About?
It is Shark week again and for 29 years Discovery Channel is again performing at its best and worst: frightening the naive, causing the sceptical to snort and generally filling […]
Read MoreSwim For Sharks
5 volunteers successfully swam around Pom Pom Island in memoriam of TRACC Founder Steve Oakley. Watch for our next swim in 2018, and help us keep fighting for sharks.
Read MoreShark Stewards on Sharks at the United Nations
June 5-9 I had the heady experience of participating at the United Nations Oceans Conference at UN Headquarters and participate in discussions on shark conservation, MPAs and IUU fishing including dynamite […]
Read MoreNevada Governor Sandoval Signs Trafficking Bill to Protect Sharks, Rays and Wildlife
6/5/17 Carson City, Nevada For Immediate Distribution Contact: David McGuire, Director Shark Stewards Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed into law a bill that will protect endangered wildlife from trafficking and […]
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