Sharks are the most badass creatures the planet has ever seen. Rob Stewart, Activist and award-winning Sharkwater filmmaker talks about saving sharks. Guardians of our oceans, they manage every creature that lives in the ocean today... keeping coral reefs safe, and plants from being overgrazed by sea life. Sharks protect our oceans. We need sharks for ocean health. Oceans give us 60% of our oxygen, absorb carbon that causes global warming, absorbs our excess heat and feed a billion of us humans... and to top it off, they make millions in shark tourism. Yet, we kill up to 150 Million of them every year. We all can be heroes and make the world a better place. Save the Sharks.

Watch filmmaker Rob Stewart explain why we need sharks as a keystone species and how you can help.

Ways to Help Sharks

Thank you for your passion and support! You can help save sharks by telling everyone you know to watch Sharkwater and spread the word. We need to give sharks a new image and make ocean conservation a part of our daily lives.

Learn more about sharks and educate your friends and family

One of the main obstacles in shark conservation is the perception that sharks are people-eating killing monsters. Teach people how important they are to ocean ecosystems and to the planet as a whole. Let everyone know that shark bites are extremely rare. You’re more likely to be killed by cows, lightning, and vending machines than from a shark bite. Do a presentation about sharks, or show them the movies, Sharkwater, Revolution and/or Sharkwater Extinction. You can download the free study guides, print images and look through our shark database.

Do Not Use Shark Products - #SharkFree

Sharks are sold to consumers under a vast number of fake names such as rock salmon, whitefish, and flake. Sharks are also found in cosmetics, pet food, ‘natural’ fertilizer’ and even leather products. Read labels to make sure you’re not accidentally supporting shark fishing.

Shark liver oil is often used as a moisturizer in cosmetics, called squalene or squalane on the label. Don’t buy these products unless you know they are from a vegetable source. Deep-sea sharks are being fished to extinction for their livers, 90 percent of which goes into cosmetics and personal care products.

To learn more about the Shark Free movement, please visit sharkwater.com.

Stop Seafood Consumption

Accidental bycatch also causes shark mortality. The tuna industry, as well as any industrial fishing boats that uses purse seines, trawls, or gill nets, kill millions of sharks a year. Decreasing the demand for seafood will decrease shark bycatch.

Support conservation-focused ecotourism

All around the world organizations are protecting sharks by showing that ecotourism is more valuable than shark fishing. Dive with sharks and fall in love with them the same way Rob Stewart fell in love with them. The more shark ecotourism grows, the more incentives local communities will have to protect their sharks.

Donate Now!

Ways to get involved:

• Watch and tell your friends to see Sharkwater, Revolution and Sharkwater Extinction. Find out more at sharkwater.com.
• Tell teachers and students to watch Sharkwater, Revolution and Sharkwater Extinction, then download the study guides at sharkwater.com for info and photos about shark conservation.
• Don't eat shark fin soup—refuse to eat at restaurants that serve it; encourage others to do the same.
• Dive and snorkel with sharks. The more money that goes into shark tourism the more people will realize the value of keeping sharks alive..
• Find out if your country is one of the 27 countries that have banned shark finning. If not, write your local government official asking them to ban shark finning.
• Demand that your country stop the sale/importation of shark fins.
• Click here if you would like to volunteer your product, service or talents at some future date.
• Start a letter writing campaign to the Secretary General of the UN requesting international bans on shark finning and the importation of fins. Click here to send a letter.
• Visit www.seashepherd.org and similar organizations such as www.oceana.org and www.humanesociety.org/animals/sharks, to take action to save sharks.
• You can donate to help save sharks at RobStewartSharkwaterFoundation.org.

Thank you!

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