December 10, 2016 My last visit to Pom Pom Island in September 2016 was bittersweet. Nearly three years since my first visit here, the coral reef on this small island off […]
Read MoreKids Start a Shark and Oceans Club
Ocean Conservation Club- Fin Facts and Tools Below are facts and elements of a shark outreach program used by high school ocean conservation clubs. Facts: A recent study estimates that […]
Read MoreShark Stewards Launches Aquatic Park Stewardship Program with National Parks Service
Ocean conservation group Shark Stewards has partnered with the National Parks Service by adopting the Aquatic Park National Marine Heritage Area in San Francisco. “We are proud of our maritime heritage […]
Read MoreThousands of Dead Sharks Discovered in the Desert
Las Vegas is famous for many things: from the neon lights of the Strip, to the world famous entertainers- and the tourists who flock here to see them. When we think […]
Read MoreSharktober Events – Celebrating Sharks and Saving Them
Join Shark Stewards in our eighth year of celebrating sharks and educating the public on the need to save them with Sharktober events. Sharktober celebrates the return of the large […]
Read MoreSwimmers Cross San Francisco Bay in Swim for Sharks
On August 14 athletes from the elite open water swim group Night Train Swimmers engaged in a novel athletic challenge crossing the San Francisco Bay in a six mile swim […]
Read MoreShark Stewards Supports CITES Appendix II Protection for Mobula Rays, 4 Species of Shark
CAMPAIGN UPDATE: The Conference of the Parties at C0P 17 voted to support all CITES Appendix II Proposals for Elasmobranches. Shark Stewards is working to support proposals to list the Silky […]
Read MoreShark Stewards, Sabah Shark Protection Association Adding Voice for Sabah Sharks
Divers Upset To See Dead Sharks On Boat Near Mabul, international call to support increased shark protection in Malaysia. SEMPORNA, 27 July 2016: Just days after photos of dead sharks […]
Read MoreInternational Outcry Against Shark Slaughter at Malaysian Tourist Island
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Press Contact: David McGuire Sharksteward(at)gmail.com 7/19/2016 The Sabah Shark Protection association confirmed today that photographs of sharks slaughtered and finned have come from the dive […]
Read MoreCathay Pacific Joins List of Airlines Banning Shark Fin
Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific announced a complete ban on shipments of shark fin today, joining over seventy international carriers to ban transport of the shark product. Concerned about the […]
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