I wanted to inform you of this event Im coordinating as a benefit for our shark research education programs. I hope you can help get the word out for Sharktoberfest Oct 16 and 17. for a healthy ocean, David

Sharktoberfest A Celebration of the Shark
Enjoy music, shark art, sustainable seafood and live local sharks at the Aquarium of the Bay. See shark films and learn about our local sharks and the white sharks that swim across entire oceans and back again.
Hear from shark biologists and shark experts and learn why sharks matter.


Event Schedule

Friday Oct 16, 6:30-10:00 PM Kids Welcome! All events include access to the Sevengilled sharks

Sharktoberfest Benefit Party $25
Music, Sustainable seafood, wines and beer.
Prizes Best shark and shark prey costume contest
Sharksaver Award to Jim Toomey, Creator: Sherman’s Lagoon
Silent Auction to benefit Shark tagging and Shark media outreach program.
Farallones Tours, Kayak and Sailing expeditions, shark art, SCUBA and Sailing Lessons and more!

SHARKTOBER FILMFEST

Saturday Oct 17, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM $17
Science, Films & Sharks!
Keynote Speech
The State of Sharks, Wallace J Nicholls, PhD
Films
Rethink the Shark, Save Our Seas Foundation
City of the Shark, David McGuire
Requeim, Bryce Groark
Sharks: Stewards of the Reef, Holiday Johnson
White Shark Café, Sean Aronson

Discussion and audience participation
Presenters:
Jim Toomey, Creator Sherman’s Lagoon
Maria Brown, Superintendent, GFNMS
Sal Jorgenson, PhD Hopkins Marine Station
Jonathan Kathrein, Founder, Future Leaders for Peace


Sponsored by Sea Stewards and the San Francisco Aquarium of the Bay, at the Embarcadero, San Francisco
Co Sponsored by the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, the
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Association and the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival.
All events include access to the San Francisco Aquarium of the Bay.
Partners
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Association
San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
Ocean Health
Dorsal Fin Friends
Surfrider Foundation, Marin & San Francisco Chapters
Shark Research Institute
Iemanya
COARE

For tickets and location information: www.aquariumofthebay.org/ticket.aspx?i=14474

www.seastewards.org/partner