Loading ...I watched Sharkwater the other day and I`ve been looking at things with an ecology centric view lately.
The film is stunningly shot. Seeing Rob Stewart petting and horsing around with sharks was mind blowing and changed my view of that they`re single minded eating machines. The film bubbles over with Stewart`s passion for saving sharks and the movie really crackles when he`s in the water with them.
I found the movie light on information about sharks. While the film spends a lot of time telling us why sharks are being harvested, it doesn`t tell us a lot about why they should be saved. I would have like to see more of Rob`s passion explained. The film should have helped us fall in love with sharks, but I didn`t leave feeling that.
That said, it does bring illegal shark harvesting to the front and centre. With estimates of up to 73 million sharks harvested annually, and up to 90% of the shark population decimated, it`s possible that some shark species will be extinct within our lifetime.
In other news, the Bikini Atoll`s reef is recovering from nuclear testing done in 1954.
The marine depot blog has an post on the threats to biodiversity in the ocean. Make sure you dispose of your caulerpa properly!
In the hobby since 2001, and has seen all kinds of fads come and go. As he gets older, Jeff is developing more and more of a conscience towards environmental concerns, especially towards reefs. Currently, he writes from Ontario, Canada, but would rather be snorkeling on a reef.
Speaking about Rob, I actually met him at a Poetry Slam that my friend was a part of. He is a down to earth guy who is passionate of his ideology and work.