COCOS ISLAND Citizen Science Shark Research Expedition Benefit
2019-02-01 | Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Costa Rica
COCOS ISLAND Citizen Science Shark Research Expedition Benefit.
Fins Attached is returning to Cocos Island with expeditions on 2019:
June 6 – 16
June 19 – 30
For every $100 tax deductible donation to Fins Attached, you get one entry in the drawing for a free expedition to Cocos Island. There will only be 150 entries (just 43 tickets left). The winner can choose from one of the trips above, 11-Days with 7-Days of Research and Diving. This is your chance to win a space on this epic expedition, featuring Dr. Peter Klimley of UC Davis (aka Dr. Hammerhead), Dr. Mauricio Hoyos, and Randall Arauz. Your end of year donation enters you in the free drawing for the Cocos adventure.
At Cocos you’ll have 7-days of diving and research activities, including presentations from our host scientists. Sharks studied at Cocos include scalloped hammerheads, Galapagos, tigers, whitetip reef, silkies, and even whale sharks.
Donations for the free drawing will be accepted until February 8, 2019. Drawing will take place on Saturday, February 9, 2019 via a live Facebook video event. You do not need to be present to win. Donate $200 and double your chances of winning. Even if you don’t win, you are donating to a good cause, supporting our mission, and your donation is tax deductible. The trip will be on board our research vessel, the M/Y Sharkwater. The winner will be notified on February 10, 2019 so they can begin their preparation. The trip is transferable if the winner can’t make the trip.
Every entry receives a Hammerhead Shark T-Shirt. Select your size at checkout (While Supplies Last)

This is what our last winner, Devon Christensen, said about her experience, “I have seen shark in the ocean before, but Cocos is like nothing I’ve ever experienced. All the things I love had come together: diving, sharks, rain, living on a beautiful boat, learning science, and amazing company. People who haven’t been on a liveaboard might not understand the way being stuck on a boat can bring people together. How it’s the little things that make you laugh out loud, or how you all can end up looking out for one another. This group has some of the best people I could have asked to be on a boat with. There were competitions (WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, because Whale Sharks are 100 points right, Mauricio Hoyos?), excitement, laughter, and love (especially for the cook who kept us all well fed and in love with the food- especially the fries). This trip really does hold an extremely special place in my heart. Seeing all the beauty one is fighting for does the heart an immeasurable amount of good, it makes you feel like you are a child in a candy store all over again. I’m not sure I could ask for anything else.”
The drawing will be shown on a Live Facebook Video at 1:00 PM MST.

Maintaining M/Y Sharkwater - Get your name onboard
2019-03-18 - 2020-03-31
What’s in a Name? Show your Support.
Watch the Video

It will take all of us working together to save sharks and our oceans. You name can help. For your donation, Fins Attached will add your name on the wall next to the Rob Stewart poster onboard M/Y Sharkwater to show your support to everyone. This is how it works:
1. Youth (anyone under age of 18): $20 per year.
Anyone can purchase. For example: parents, friends, schools (as a gift), or the youth themselves, youth groups. The names with be placed on a list that is dedicated to youth on Sharkwater. Become a Shark Hero!
2. Individual: $175 per year or $700 for 5 years.
These sponsors will get their name on the wall directly next to the Rob Stewart poster.
Double-dip opportunity. Purchase a ticket to the Fins Attached Saving Our Seas From a Mile High Gala, attend the gala and have your name added to the Sharkwater Rob Stewart Wall.
3. Company/Corporate: $500 per year.
With this sponsorship, the company name will be a part of the Rob Stewart Wall. Additionally, the company name will be mentioned on the Fins Attached website sponsor page. (Should you wish to have your company logo on the boat, contact info@finsattached.org)
For all the above we will have the names listed on the Fins Attached website, and provide regular photos of these lists on
Sharkwater, and the Rob Stewart Wall.

SAVING OUR SEAS FROM A MILE HIGH
2019-04-13 15:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | halcyon hotel, 245 Columbine St,, Denver, CO, 80206, United States
Ocean Symposium and Awards Gala

Featured Guests:
Wendy Benchley: Wendy is a renowned global voice for protecting sharks and safeguarding our seas. As a scuba diver for more than forty years, she has witnessed dramatic changes to our ocean’s wildlife and its habitats. This has motivated her vigorous efforts to help shape smarter, stronger environmental and marine policies with government officials, NGOs and other civic leaders. Wendy co-founded the prestigious Peter Benchley Ocean Awards™, an annual award honoring her late husband’s legacy, in order to shine a light on the exceptional conservation work being done by marine scientists, researchers, explorers, and policy makers both in the United States and internationally.

Michael Nash: Is a Irish/American filmmaker who MovieMaker Magazine named Nash one of the “Top 10 Movie Makers Of The Planet”. Nash founded Beverly Hills Productions over a decade ago, and recently an honored recipient of the Social Change Global Institute Filmmaker of the Year Award. Nash’s multi-award winning Climate Refugees was the only film screened by the United Nations at the recent IIEA Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and Davos for world leaders and policymakers. Climate Refugees was noted by Robert Redford in the NY Times “as an agent for social change.” In 2017, Nash was instrumental in the inter-faith distribution of Leonardo DiCaprio’s film Before The Flood.
Wallace J. Nichols: Called “Keeper of the Sea” by GQ Magazine and “a visionary” by Outside Magazine is an entrepreneurial scientist, movement maker, voracious idea explorer, New York Times best-selling author, international
speaker, loving Dad and strategic advisor and collaborator. His book Blue Mind, published by Little, Brown & Company, quickly became a national bestseller and has been translated to over a dozen languages and has inspired a wave of media and practical applications.

Dr. Peter Klimley: Has studied sharks for over three decades. He has written over 60 scientific articles on the behavior and ecology of sharks and rays. The topics of his studies have ranged from the complex social habits and keen navigational abilities of hammerhead sharks to the feeding tactics and communication behavior of white sharks. He was an editor of Great White Sharks: The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias, which consists of 46 chapters on the systematics, evolution, behavior, ecology, and population biology of the species.

Randall Arauz: Is an environmentalist working in Costa Rica. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2010, for his efforts on the protection of the sharks, and banning of the shark finning industry. Drawing international attention to the inhumane and environmentally catastrophic shark finning industry, Randall Arauz led the campaign to halt the practice in Costa Rica, making his country an international model for shark protection.

Dr. Mauricio Hoyos: Is researching the behavior of ten species of sharks across Mexico, including Guadalupe Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago, Clipperton Atoll and the Mexican Caribbean. He helped organize a group of biologists dedicated to the conservation of sharks and rays in Mexican waters. Dr. Hoyos is also a collaborating scientist on the board of many different shark conservation foundations. Mexican Leaders cited Dr. Hoyos as one of the most outstanding young scientists in Mexico. He holds 2017’s Golden Diver award for conservation and awareness of the oceans and the Rob Stewart – shark researcher of year award – 2018 from FINS ATTACHED.

Also in attendance will be Brian and Sandy Stewart. They will honor their son, Rob Stewart by giving out the Rob Stewart Ocean Conservationist of the Year, and Shark Scientist of the Year Awards.

Program:

3 – 5pm – Symposium
5 – 6.30pm – Drinks Reception
6.30 – 9pm – Awards Gala Dinner

The mission of Fins Attached is to conduct research, promote conservation, and provide education for the protection of the marine ecosystem. We believe in the preservation of our world’s precious resources and that through the protection of the ocean’s apex predators, the marine ecosystem balance can be maintained for the benefit of all living things on earth.
About the event
A mainstay of the Fins Attached calendar, join us for our annual dinner gala, the grandest and most formal event of the year. Enjoy fine dining and entertaining speeches. Come prepared to bid in our auction, including exotic trips and scuba equipment.
Our Annual Dinner helps us to raise vital funds to support our research and conservation work.
Sponsorship Opportunities: Download sponsorship letter
Further Details:
The day is split into two parts. In the afternoon we will be holding an educational symposium, with impressive guest speakers (detailed program to be released). The evening will commence with a open bar drinks reception before moving onto a three-course dinner with wine and an inspiring keynote speaker, who will address the evening’s audience with their own personal take on sharks, our oceans, and our planet.
Ticket Prices: $175 per person (BOGO SPECIAL AVAILABLE)
Table Sponsors: $2,500 (10 seats) (includes media coverage)
Sponsorship: Please get in touch to discuss corporate sponsorship packages. info@finsattached.org

Cocos Island Shark & Turtle Research Expedition 2019
2019-06-19 - 2019-06-29
Donors can join Fins Attached, CREMA, and Pelagios Kakunjá in 2019 on one of our Cocos Island Research Expeditions. These expeditions will inspire you as you participate in the research that will make a difference towards saving sharks in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Randall Arauz of Fins Attached and Dr. Mauricio Hoyos of Fins Attached/Pelagios Kakunjá will be leading the expeditions.

General Information:

11-day, 10 night trips with 7-days of diving at Cocos Island.
On board M/Y Sharkwater

Dates: June 19 – 29, 2019
Fee: $6,000 ($1500 deposit. Balance due by May 1)
Included with your donations are:

All meals and snacks on board
Complimentary beverages
7-days of diving (tanks, weights, boat and guide)
Nitrox
National Park fees
RT Transfers from San Jose to Puntarenas

Donations do not include:

Airfare
Hotel nights in San Jose (Hotel will be recommended)
Land Excursions
National Park fees
Crew tips

Email: info@finsattached.org.

End of Year Holiday Giving - Imagine the Future
2019-12-13 - 2020-01-01
Fins Attached 2019

Imaging the Future
What does that look like?
Shark populations are protected and growing, our oceans are thriving once again, and our very own future and survival is secure. This is what Rob Stewart was fighting for.
Do we have the courage to do what is right no matter the cost? Let us stand together for the sake of all living things, including ourselves.
Do you have the Passion to Care, the Strength to Act, and the Vision to Inspire?
I know Rob Stewart did.

Fins Attached is 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Youth Ocean Research Expedition - Coastal Costa Rica April 17-25, 2021
2021-04-17 - 2021-04-25
Youth Ocean Research Expedition – Coastal Costa Rica April 17-25, 2021: https://app.donorview.com/w7WPl

Coastal Costa Rica Expedition October 30 - November 7, 2021
2021-10-30 - 2021-11-07 | Marina Papagayo, Costa Rica, Guanacasta, Costa Rica
Join Fins Attached on this Coastal Costa Rica Expedition in 2021. The research includes coastal sharks, turtles and turtle nesting beaches, hammerhead and bull shark shark nursery areas, and manta rays. This will be a small group experience of no more that 10 participants. Experience hands on participation for a unique and rewarding experience. Email info@finsattached.org for more details.
8-days, 7-days of diving and research led by Randall Arauz, and a team of scientist from our partner organization, CREMA, onboard Sharkwater.

DEMA Show 2021
2021-11-16 - 2021-11-19
DEMA Show 2021 Las Vegas.Las Vegas Convention CenterLas Vegas, NV | November 16 – 19, 2021

Visit Fins Attached at Booth 2015

Saving Our Seas from a Mile High
2021-12-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver)
Saving Our Seas from a Mile High: Fins Attached’s 11-year Anniversary Celebration!
In lieu of our Annual Gala Symposium and Dinner we are holding a virtual event on our 11th anniversary, packed with a fantastic list of guest speakers and, as ever, an amazing silent auction. Help Fins Attached celebrate in style.
Fins Attached believes in the preservation of our world’s precious resources and that through the protection of the ocean’s apex predators, marine ecosystem balance can be maintained for the benefit of all living things on earth.
Our annual gala is a significant event in the year, where we are able to bring people together to:

Further promote the important work that we are conducting.
Galvanize and grow the support we need to promote conservation.
Educate those who wish to learn more about the marine environment, including the importance of sharks.
Raise further funding through our incredible silent auction.

Guest Speakers

Randall Arauz – Fins Attached International Policy Director.
Dr. Mauricio Hoyos – Fins Attached Chief Scientist
Dr. Alex Antoniou – Fins Attached Founder and CEO

Saving Our Sea from a Mile High 2023 Gala
2023-01-28 18:00 - 21:00 UTC

Beneath the Sea Dive Show
2023-03-25 - 2023-03-26
Booth 208:
Beneath the Sea’s next show is March 25 & 26 at the
Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey

EarthX - Dallas
2023-04-19 - 2023-04-23
Fins Attached will be exhibiting at:

Beneath the Sea Scuba Show
2024-03-23 - 2024-03-24
Fins Attached will be exhibiting on March 23 & 24. Booth 405. Come see us.

Saving Our Seas from a Mile High 2024 Gala
2024-11-02 17:00 - 21:00 UTC
An Evening Dedicated to Protecting Our Oceans
The first 50 registrants will recieve a free recycled plastic and organic cotton T-Shirt on event night.
Venue: The Curtis a Doubletree Hotel by Hilton.

Wine Pairing with Blanchard Family Wines
2025-04-18 16:30 - 19:00 UTC | Blanchard Family Wines, 1855 Blake St, 120, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
https://finsattached.betterworld.org/events/wine-pairing-Blanchard-family
Join James Blanchard, co-owner and founder of Blanchard Family Wines, as he leads you through a journey of both their Colorado and California wines. Their dual-state winery produces award winning wines from both states and can share a unique perspective on the world of wine. You will be led through a tasting of four of James’ favorite wines, while snacking on charcuterie and cheese in their picturesque location in the Dairy Block development of downtown Denver. Come for the education, stay for the fun, all while raising money for an extremely important cause. In addition to a portion of all ticket sales being donated to Fins Attached, 20% of all bottle sales that evening will also be used to benefit our world’s oceans and marine ecosystem. Limited tickets are available.

Saving Our Seas from a Mile High
2025-09-27 17:00 - 21:00 UTC

Wine Pairing and Silent Auction for Ocean Conservation
2026-03-07 16:30 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Blanchard Family Wines, 1855 Blake St, 120, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
March 7, 2026 – Let’s make it a date!
At the Dairy Block of Downtown Denver.
Indulge in an unforgettable evening of wine, flavor, and purpose
Join us for an elevated wine pairing and charcuterie experience led by James Blanchard, co-owner and founder of Blanchard Family Wines. James will guide you on a captivating journey through his award-winning Colorado and California wines, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes perspective on what it means to craft exceptional wines in two distinct regions.
Savor a curated tasting of four of James’ personal favorite wines, perfectly paired with artisanal charcuterie and cheeses, all set against the stunning backdrop of Blanchard Family Wines’ picturesque Dairy Block tasting room in the heart of downtown Denver.
Even better, every sip supports a cause. All proceeds from the evening will directly support the mission of Fins Attached, advancing shark and marine conservation through science, research, and education.

Beneath the Sea Scuba Show
2026-03-27 - 2026-03-29
2026 Beneath the Sea
Dive, Travel and Oceans Exposition

March 27 – 29, 2026

Friday, March 27th
Exhibits Hall Open:
Saturday, March 28th
Sunday, March 29th

Meadowlands Exposition Center
Secaucus, New Jersey

Fins Attached will be exhibiting. Came and see us ay booth 405.

Long Beach Scuba Show
2026-05-30 - 2026-05-31
LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER
May 30 – 31, 2026
Visit us at booth #142
