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Shark Stewards is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting ocean health by saving endangered sharks and rays from extinction, and protecting critical marine habitat. Our community loves the ocean and ocean life, including ocean adventure, and we work together using social media to effect change in policy and actions to save sharks and the ocean.

Council recommends opening US Pacific marine monuments to commercial fishing- despite overwhelming opposition here in Ha...
06/24/2026

Council recommends opening US Pacific marine monuments to commercial fishing- despite overwhelming opposition here in Hawaiʻi https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/04/council-recommends-opening-us-pacific-marine-monuments-to-commercial-fishing/

Hawaii News Now

A U.S. fishing regulator recently recommended allowing commercial fishing across all four of the country’s Pacific marine national monuments. The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) said the move is “about restoring sustainable fishing.” Conservationists and native peo...

Today the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to approve an emergency regulation to strengthen fishing...
06/17/2026

Today the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to approve an emergency regulation to strengthen fishing gear restrictions to improve public safety and reduce white shark catch in California beaches and piers.

This emergency regulation will reduce hook size and prohibit wire leaders up to 1000 miles from shore. However, the Department and Commission did not include our recommendations to ban chum and live bait and the use of drones to transport bait to deeper waters.

This is an improvement that will help Fish and Wildlife officers enforce shark fishing near public piers and beaches. However, it is not a complete solution to impacts on sharks or completely increase public safety. We will be monitoring white shark -human interactions and shark fishing at public piers and beaches during the emergency regulation period, and pursue permanent protective language during the Standard Regulatory period following December 2026.

Shark Stewards would like the Department to consider a regulation making attracting sharks and using gear targeting large sharks illegal on California piers and

We are supporting the California Department of Fish and Wildlifeʻs emergency regulation to protect sharks and people at ...
06/17/2026

We are supporting the California Department of Fish and Wildlifeʻs emergency regulation to protect sharks and people at the CA Fish and Game Commission. You can send comments or we are submitting this petition to the commission tommorow.

Shark Stewards would like the Department to consider a regulation making attracting sharks and using gear targeting large sharks illegal on California piers and

Right now, some of the largest and most pristine marine protected areas in the world are being opened to commercial fish...
06/15/2026

Right now, some of the largest and most pristine marine protected areas in the world are being opened to commercial fishing. That includes Papahānaumokuākea in Hawaii—an area the size of all our national parks combined, with deep cultural meaning to Native Hawaiians—and Rose Atoll in American Samoa.

These sanctuaries exist for a reason. They protect sharks, sea turtles, and seabirds from being killed as bycatch. They let fish populations rebuild so there's actually more fish available to commercial fishers outside the protected areas. Scientists have shown this works: protected reefs increase fish abundance by as much as 50% in nearby waters. But that only matters if we keep these areas protected.

A federal court in Hawaii has already ruled in August that the government doesn't have the authority to do this. But the fight isn't over—and these waters need voices behind them right now. If this is something you care about, please sign the petition to the Secretary of Commerce and Congress. Anyone else watching this happen and feeling like it's wrong? What would you want someone to do if this was your home waters?

Stop Trump From Opening US Marine Protected Waters to Commercial Fishing

Trump signs another illegal order opening US marine protected areas to commercial fishing. https://www.noaa.gov/news-re...
06/14/2026

Trump signs another illegal order opening US marine protected areas to commercial fishing. https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/executive-proclamation-restores-commercial-fishing-in-pacific-marine-monuments-unlocks-economic

Areas include:

The Islands Unit of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument
The Mau Zone and Ho‘omalu Zone and areas seaward of 50 nautical miles within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Waters between 12 and 50 nautical miles surrounding Rose Atoll within the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/executive-proclamation-restores-commercial-fishing-in-pacific-marine-monuments-unlocks-economic

https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/executive-proclamation-restores-commercial-fishing-in-pacific-marine-monuments-unlocks-economic

Executive Proclamation restores commercial fishing in Pacific marine monuments, unlocks economic opportunity
June 11, 2026

On June 11, 2026, President Trump signed an "Executive Proclamation Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific," opening additional prized fishing grounds to hard-working American fishermen and United States flagged fishing vessels. This bold Executive action opens more economic opportunit...

Canad a launches 4th IUU mission in Pacific- US considers new Bill to combat IUU Fishing- support in Congress
06/11/2026

Canad a launches 4th IUU mission in Pacific- US considers new Bill to combat IUU Fishing- support in Congress

Canadian government announces fourth-year mission to combat IUU fishing in the North Pacific Ocean

South Carolina town bans drones to increase public safety. We are petitioning California Department of Fish and Wildlif...
06/09/2026

South Carolina town bans drones to increase public safety. We are petitioning California Department of Fish and Wildlife to increase safety regulations for attracting sharks in California. https://abcnews4.com/news/local/folly-beach-leaders-to-review-drone-fishing-as-shark-fishing-safety-concerns-grow-fish-catch-beach-town-pier-community-lowcountry-charleston-south-carolina-news-nature-anglers-boat-offshore

Folly Beach officials are taking a closer look at drone fishing as concerns continue to grow over public safety and shark fishing activity along the coast.Duri

White shark documented in the Mediteranean. Extirpated from the Med, a study a 2023 eDNA study detected several individ...
06/09/2026

White shark documented in the Mediteranean. Extirpated from the Med, a study a 2023 eDNA study detected several individuals off Tunisia. Maybe the population can be allowed to recover. fewhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/06/08/science/video/great-white-shark-filmed-underwater-in-mediterranean-vrtc

Conservation divers removing abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck between Sicily and Tunisia say they captured what may be the first underwater footage of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean.

Florida Representative Websters Bill- Safe Seas Act- passes House. This would kill ecotourism and open season for shark...
06/09/2026

Florida Representative Websters Bill- Safe Seas Act- passes House. This would kill ecotourism and open season for shark killing.
Wilson McCourtney


A newly passed bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, aimed at banning shark feeding in federal waters off Florida, has drawn fierce backlash from shark tourism operators.

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