Evidence Quote by Sylvia Earle

Remove the predators, and the whole ecosystem begins to crash like a house of cards. As the sharks disappear, the predator-prey balance dramatically shifts,…

— Brian Skerry

I think sharks are beautiful creatures, and I don't think we should stop going in the ocean because of them. You drive down the…

— Bethany Hamilton

Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.

— Barbara Block

“outside the boundaries of its own skin—these things had driven the species to the edge of destruction. Worse, this one organism threatened the survival…

— Rick Yancey

If the world's oceans have had nearly half a billion years with sharks as the apex predators, then the delicate balance of its food…

— Steve Backshall

We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities…

— Sylvia Earle

I still think there's a big part of the population that has a lot of misinformation about sharks. But I think it's beginning to…

— Brian Skerry

I hope that 'Jaws' will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our care for…

— Peter Benchley

Sharks have been swimming the oceans unchallenged for thousands of years; chances are, the species that roams corporate waters will prove just as hardy.

— Eric Gelman

We are probably the best spokespeople sharks could dream of having. If people who lost legs and arms can see the value in saving…

— Debbie Salamone

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.

— Peter Benchley

We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory…

— Peter Benchley