What humans do to sharks, whether by “accident” (such as catching them in fishing nets), for food (full disclosure: I have eaten shark, even if it was long before I understood their ecological value), or for “sport” is appalling to me. What really interests me, though, is that Peter Benchley, who really helped stoke the fires of anti-shark hysteria, became a defender of sharks. Late in life he said, “[W]orldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.”
I know I’m kidding myself but every time Jaws runs on TV I like to think a little of the revenue is helping the environment.
