Celebrate Sharks with Shark Stewards!

Celebrating sharks, and supporting shark protection in our Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas.

In 2020 join our virtual  Sharktoberfest events with our partners online.

Celebrating sharks! 

First initiated to promote the successful California Shark Fin Trade Bill in 2009,   these events celebrate the return of our white sharks to our Sanctuary from their annual migration.  These  community education events emphasize the importance of sharks to our oceans and supporting shark and marine protection.

These fun, family friendly and educational events support shark conservation initiatives from overfishing to shark fin trade bans.
Join Shark Stewards for our annual series of talks, films, activities with our Sanctuary, Aquarium and NGO partners, friends and shark volunteers!

SHARKTOBERFEST at the SANCTUARY    

• September 26 10AM-12PM  Sharktoberfest celebration with the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.  

Online shark education activities, shark talks, live music, science and fun.  Join in shark science activities and readings from our new book on Sharks for Kids: Great Whites, Hammerheads and Other Sharks of the Sea.

New Shark Science Book!

Listen to readings and get a and get a copy of our new shark science book on Amazon! 

Streaming on YouTube Live at https://www.youtube.com/user/FarallonesAssoc/live

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

• October 1, 7PM on the Virtual Nightlife site. It's our annual Shark celebration with the California Academy of Sciences.  

SHARKTOBERFEST WITH BLUE ENDEAVORS AND THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM

• OCTOBER 23-25

Activities, science and fun.

October 15 Wildlife Conservation Expo 10am to 6pm   Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco, CA . More info

RUN 4 SHARKS

• October 31 3rd Annual- 5k & 1 Mile Run 4 Sharks & Ocean Protection IN SUPPORT of SHARK STEWARDS When: Saturday October 5th,  9am Run4Sharks 5k & 1 mile Fun Run now virtual. Sign up and share your virtual results on www.run4sharks.org

Follow us on a live ship-board expedition to remote marine protected areas in the Northeast Pacific during the fall and winter of 2020. 

This October we are participating on an expedition to expose and document poachers and IUU fishing in the Northeast Pacific from San Francisco to Panama.

Follow our adventures diving and voyaging on National Geographic Field Notes.

Farallon Islands 

After over a decade of sharing these incredible expeditions, we regret that we will not be able to run any field classes or public expeditions into our Sanctuary to see sharks, seabirds and other marine life. 

We hope to resume in 2021.

June 23, 2021 @ 8:00 am - July 3, 2021 @ 5:00 pm Join Shark Steward’s Director David McGuire  on a unique science education, photographic opportunity and the shark adventure of a lifetime. Talks, films and hands-on activities will make this trip unique, but it is the mantas that steal the show!

Please join us saving sharks, volunteering or donate to support Shark Stewards at www.sharkstewards.org

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Founded in 2006 to combat the shark fin trade, Shark Stewards initiated the California Shark Fin movement leading to the passage of the California shark fin ban. We created these Sharktober outreach events to celebrate sharks, and educate the public on why they deserve protection. To date, we have reached over 75,000 people directly with our partners at schools, aquaria, museums and the National Marine Sanctuaries. 

Celebrate sharks with our new book Learn about sharks, science and why we should appreciate them. Available for pre-order and on Kindle. 

Sales begin on Amazon October 6th.

Please join us celebrating sharks, volunteering or donating so we can continue to fight for sharks at www.sharkstewards.org