Fins Attached and Team Sharkwater will celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8 with a live stream of Rob Stewart’s shark documentary, Sharkwater Extinction.
Conservationist filmmaker Rob Stewart’s legacy sails on
Whether through the naming of a research vessel or a newly discovered species of shark, or the passage of major legislation in his native country, the legacy of Rob Stewart is still growing. The recent passage of Canadian Modernized Fishing Act was the culmination of work that was started in part by the late Stewart, […]
Sharkwater VR to premiere at EarthXInteractive festival
Sharkwater VR, an interactive virtual reality look at the underwater world of sharks produced using footage from late filmmaker Rob Stewart, will be a headliner EarthxInteractive 2019.
Sharkwater Extinction makes star-studded U.S. debut
Hayden Panettiere, Bo Derek and Stuart Townsend were among the celebrities who came out to support Rob Stewart’s award-winning film “Sharkwater Extinction” during its U.S. debut at the ArcLight Hollwood Theatre in Los Angeles. “Sharkwater Extinction is the heart and soul of Rob Stewart,” Derek said. “The movie is very moving, and Rob’s incredible spirit and […]
New shark species named in honor of late conservationist Rob Stewart
A new species of deep-water catshark has been named in honor of underwater filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart. The new species, Bythaelurus stewarti, was detailed in this month’s PLOS One by Simon Wiegman and associates. The discovery was based on 121 examined specimens caught on the Error Seamount in the northwestern Indian Ocean. The family Scyliorhinidae, comprising all catsharks of […]