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A screenshot from the video asking what if there were no sharks.
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What If There Were No Sharks?

What would happen if we let our fear of sharks lead people to kill them all? This...
Fri, 07/21/2017 - 09:36
A screenshot from the video showing a map that highlights shark protections around the globe.
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Map of Shark Protections Through Time

Sharks face many threats from people, including extreme overfishing driven by high...
Fri, 07/28/2017 - 09:17
a hammerhead shark
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Shark Fin Genetics

Dr. Demian Chapman of the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at New York’s...
Mon, 10/18/2010 - 16:27
Screenshot of video with sharks swimming underwater.
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Protecting Sharks: How Nets Hurt

Tom Peschak, a photojournalist with the Save Our Seas Foundation, describes the...
Mon, 01/04/2010 - 16:20
Screenshot of video "100,000,000 to 000,000,001: Rethink the Shark"
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100,000,000 to 000,000,001: Rethink the Shark

Who should fear whom? Less than ten humans are killed by shark attacks. Yet...
Fri, 12/18/2009 - 14:19
Screenshot of "Rethink the Shark" showing people on a beach.
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Rethink the Shark

Sharks have a long and impressive lineage.  Ancient sharks were cruising the...
Fri, 12/18/2009 - 14:17
A screenshot from the video of a shark swimming underwater.
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Shark DNA Helps Catch Poachers

Dr. Mahmood Shivji explains how shark DNA is used as evidence to prosecute shark...
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 13:14
Seafood vendor at historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (USA). The market draws both shoppers and gawkers who come to watch the gregarious crew of fishmongers.
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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

Worldwide, fisheries touch our lives in countless ways. If well maintained, they...
Thu, 11/18/2010 - 14:49
Lost nets become entangled on a coral reef in the NW Hawaiian Islands, doing damage for decades. Wave action on the net breaks pieces of coral off until the net breaks, when it is free to catch on new reefs and do more damage.
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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

The impacts of derelict fishing gear on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands coral reef...
Millions of sharks are caught each year for their dorsal fins, which are prized for shark fin soup. Top predators like sharks are important to maintaining biodiversity, and their removal can have ripple effects through an ecosystem.
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Finned Sharks in South Africa

Millions of sharks are caught each year for their dorsal fins, which are prized for...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Coral Conservation

Students will learn about the natural and human threats to coral reefs including...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:37
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This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Reef biologists over a certain age are haunted by memories of what glorious places...
July 2014

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