Please enjoy my lengthy marine musings on the cultural and ecological impact the 1975 thriller film "Jaws" has had on the survival of sharks and the health of our oceans and fish. Get ready to learn a bunch about White Sharks and how in reality they are not the villains often portray them as, but the victims. Hope you enjoy!

Special Thanks to:
Dr. Christopher L. Pepin-Neff
Dr. Kady Lyons
Dr. David Shiffman

Citations:
Lowe, C. G., Wetherbee, B. M., Crow, G. L., & Tester, A. L. (1996). Ontogenetic dietary shifts and feeding behavior of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, in Hawaiian waters. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 47(2), 203–211. doi: 10.1007/bf00005044

Dicken, M. L., Hussey, N. E., Christiansen, H. M., Smale, M. J., Nkabi, N., Cliff, G., & Wintner, S. P. (2017). Diet and trophic ecology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) from South African waters. Plos One, 12(6). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177897
Curtis, T. H., Mccandless, C. T., Carlson, J. K., Skomal, G. B., Kohler, N. E., Natanson, L. J., … Pratt, H. L. (2014). Seasonal Distribution and Historic Trends in Abundance of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. PLoS ONE, 9(6). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099240

Ceballos, G., Ehrlich, P. R., Barnosky, A. D., García, A., Pringle, R. M., & Palmer, T. M. (2015, June 19). Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Roff, G., Brown, C. J., Priest, M. A., & Mumby, P. J. (2018). Decline of coastal apex shark populations over the past half century. Communications Biology, 1(1). doi: 10.1038/s42003-018-0233-1

Ferretti, F., Worm, B., Britten, G. L., Heithaus, M. R., & Lotze, H. K. (2010). Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01489.x

Steffen, W., Broadgate, W., Deutsch, L., Gaffney, O., & Ludwig, C. (2015). The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration. The Anthropocene Review, 2(1), 81–98. doi: 10.1177/2053019614564785

Background music:
“Precipice”, “An Evening A Lifetime”, “Looked Back Saw Nothing”, “Not Without the Rest”, “Life in Romance” by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org)

Clips Used:
   • LEGO Movie- JAWS Part One  
   • Giant Great White Sharks in Hawaii: A...  
   • Explorer - A Deeper Understanding (Pa...  
   • Hoki Trawlers  
   • MOVIE 3 ROUGHEY FISHING ST HELEN,S HI...  
   • ruffy fishing 09 my first trip  
   • Giant Great White Sharks in Hawaii: A...  
   • Tagging White Shark Shark Luna in Nov...  
   • Meet Roxy the Tiger Shark  
   • Petting Sharks like Dogs?! | Blue Pla...  

Other clips used:
Jaws (1975)
Blue Water, White Death (1971)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Shin Chisiki Kaikyuu Kumagusu (2008)

Shark Conservation Organization Links:
https://www.sharktrust.org/
https://www.projectaware.org/
http://www.sharkadvocates.org/