Adopt a shark

Become a Sea Guardian today by adopting a great white shark

Great white sharks are smart, sleek and often misunderstood. Great white shark mothers give birth to live young every two to three years, with each litter typically comprising between two and seventeen pups. At birth, each pup measures about 1.5 metres in length and is already equipped to hunt and fend for itself. Female white sharks reach maturity from at least 18 years old at lengths of around 3 metres.

Adopt a species - shark

Adopt Finn a great white shark with a monthly gift of $35 or more and you will receive:

Our oceans and marine wildlife need your help. 

Australia has some of the most extraordinary oceans on the planet. But right now, our oceans are facing dire threats, more than ever before. Plastic pollution, rising ocean temperatures and damaging fisheries are just some of the major threats that we’re fighting.

Adopt a species today to fight to protect our oceans and precious marine life.

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Meet Finn the great white shark

Hi! I’m Finn!

I’m a great white shark.

I have a passion for exploring the ocean’s depths. I live all around the world, mostly in cool, temperate waters. When I’m not munching on fish - I’m out and about patrolling the coast and open ocean.

My ‘shiver’ and I are under threat due to shark culling and accidental catch in commercial fisheries.

I’d be so happy if you would adopt me, to help my shiver get the marine conservation help they need to survive.

Common Name: Great white shark
Scientific Name: Carcharodon carcharias
Type: Fish
Diet: They feed on small prey such as fish and rays when they are young. As they get older, they feed on sea mammals such as sea lions, seals and sick or dead whales.
Size: Up to 6.4 metres
Weight: 680kg - 1800kg
Group name: Shiver
Protection status: Vulnerable (IUCN)

Our plush toys are made from 100% RECYCLED fabric and fibre filling.

Each toy is made using 16 plastic water bottles, recycled paper hang tag, and biodegradable packaging.

Join us as a Sea Guardian today and together we will make a difference for tomorrow. 

All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Sea Guardian donations are charged on the 15th of every month. Please contact us at any time to cancel or change your regular donation. Adopt-a-species toys are dispatched after three successful monthly donations.

Not the species you were looking for? Return to adopt-a-species page to select another species to adopt.

Just like to make a regular gift, and not adopt-a-species plushie, visit our Sea Guardian information page.

Learn more about sharks

Sharks are a critical keystone species. They regulate prey populations, maintain balance in the food web, and promote the health of marine ecosystems. They keep coral reefs and seagrass meadow habitats healthy. If too many sharks are removed from an ecosystem, it can upset the balance between predators and prey all the way through the food web.

For some groups of First Nations people in Australia, sharks are totems and ancestors and they hold significant cultural and spiritual importance.

Maligned and misunderstood, sharks are caught in fisheries and culled in shark control programs. Globally, at least 63 million sharks are killed each year in commercial fisheries, with endangered shark species ending up on Aussie plates as ‘flake’. In Australia, the impact of shark culling is significant.

In Queensland and New South Wales, shark culling occurs via shark nets and drumlines (baited hooks). Hundreds of targeted sharks, many of them threatened species, are caught each year in each state.

Our sharks are more fragile than they appear and they need our help. Combined with improved community education, we can use non-lethal methods such as drones, and the tagging and tracking of sharks to help us avoid encounters with sharks. With so many of our magnificent, graceful shark species under threat, this conservation data is critical.

With your support, we can work together to end shark culling around Australia, reduce their catch in commercial fisheries, and ensure Australia’s threatened shark species are protected under Australian law.