Highly intelligent, Orcas are also adaptable. It is believed that the resident Orcas may be moving into southern waters to seek alternate prey sources due to a decline in salmon. With an abundance of anchovies in the Greater Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries, hundreds of humpback whales are feeding nearshore. Overlapping with the whale season is Sharktober, when the adult white sharks return to feed on pinnipeds off the Farallon Islands. Shark Stewards leads public education trips out to the Farallones each fall helping collecting observations on whales and sharks. Although we love orcas, speaking from a shark conservationists’ point of view, we hope they pass on through and white sharks aren’t on the menu this year!
Read MoreRespect For Fish, San Francisco
Respect for Fish Day, is an international day of recognition of our finny relatives, Join in person in San Francisco at Aquatic Park, August 3rd with In Defense of Animals and PETA. Meet at the lawn just east of the Maritime Museum.
Read MoreRespect for Fish Day San Francisco and Kona
Please join Shark Stewards with Defense of Animals and local PETA supporters for Respect for Fish Day (August 1) to advocate for sharks and other fish.
Read MoreKahu Manō Film World Premiere, International Ocean Film Festival
We are proud to announce the launch of our new documentary Kahu Manō on sharks, culture and conservation at the 21st Annual International Ocean Film Festival.
Read MoreSharks at the Berkeley Bay Fest
Join Shark Stewards by the Bay and learn about our Aquatic Park program.
Hands on activity on how sharks feed and how sharks float.
New Documentary With Shark Stewards at CoP28
New Documentary With Shark Stewards at CoP28
Read MoreLog to the Devil’s Teeth Expeditions 2023
These unique natural history trips to the Devil’s Teeth, (the Island of the Great White Shark) focus on the history, geology and biology of the Greater Farallones and San Francisco Bay. We only book in fall when the white sharks return and the weather is clement for our passengers and students. We focus on shark conservation and the health of the entire marine ecosystem in our sanctuary. Although we will watch whales and seabirds, and seek sharks- these trips are conservation and outdoor marine education and are not shark specifically watching of diving trips- but we often see sharks!
Read MoreSave Endangered Sawfish and Sharks from Trade on eBay – Sharktober News
Celebrate Sawfish on International Sawfish Day during Sharktober!. These sharks are critically endangered- but eBay allows the sale of rostra (the saw) on their site without CITES permits. Check out our petition and end the trade of endangered wildlife parts like jaws and saws from protected species.
Read MoreThe Giant Fish With a Skelton Like a Shark
Crossing the Gulf of the Farallones is always an eventful experience. Currents and tides aggregate plankton and planktivorous (plankton-eating) fish, which in turn attract harbor porpoises, seabirds and humpback whales. The rich seawater upwelled from the deep waters, feeds a proliferation of plankton, attracting marine life from across the Pacific into the Sanctuary waters. One of the most unusual fish is the giant ocean sunfish.
Read MoreThe Islands of the Dead: Exploring the Farallon Islands
Located close to San Francisco, one of the world’s most recognizable metropolises, there is a series of desolate, fog shrouded, wind and wave-sculpted islands. Known as the “Islands of the Dead” by the Native Miwok, and the “Devil’s Teeth” by Spanish mariners, these islands have a fascinating history of human exploitation, killing and loss.
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