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And the consequences are going to not just affect oceanic ecosystems
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Sharkwater Extinction

And the consequences are going tonot just affect oceanic ecosystems, they're going to...

And the consequences are going to
not just affect oceanic ecosystems, they're going to affect
our ecosystems and ourselves

Full Transcript

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And the consequences are going to not just affect oceanic ecosystems,
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they're going to affect our ecosystems and ourselves.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:43
Uploaded
Jun 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sharkwater Productions

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Movie Summary

Filmmaker Rob Stewart exposes the illegal fishing industry that threatens the survival of the world's sharks.
We're now killing up to 150 million sharks a year, - Sharkwater Extinction 00:07
We're now killing up to 150 million sharks a year,
Sharks are now being killed and renamed and fed to us, - Sharkwater Extinction 00:06
Sharks are now being killed and renamed and fed to us,
This is a massive scandal representing tens of millions of sharks every year. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:05
This is a massive scandal representing tens of millions of s...
We're eating endangered super predators. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:04
We're eating endangered super predators.
We're eating animals that can take 40 years to reach sexual maturity. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:04
We're eating animals that can take 40 years to reach se...
Most of the pollution we've ever made as a species - Sharkwater Extinction 00:06
Most of the pollution we've ever made as a species
And that accumulates in living animal matter - Sharkwater Extinction 00:08
And that accumulates in living animal matter
With things like lead and mercury and even neurotoxins. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:06
With things like lead and mercury and even neurotoxins.
So it's important that we keep sharks out of our food. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:05
So it's important that we keep sharks out of our food.
They're enormously toxic. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:04
They're enormously toxic.
- So $5 here, and in China, 200 bucks? - Yeah. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:05
- So $5 here, and in China, 200 bucks? - Yeah.
A pound of the little ones, it's 50 cents. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:04
A pound of the little ones, it's 50 cents.
As we have learned, - Sharkwater Extinction 00:05
As we have learned,
Because this is the coast and ocean department - Sharkwater Extinction 00:08
Because this is the coast and ocean department
We're here in a parking lot in Panama City - Sharkwater Extinction 00:11
We're here in a parking lot in Panama City
This is a seizure of 800 pounds of shark fins in Panama - Sharkwater Extinction 00:08
This is a seizure of 800 pounds of shark fins in Panama
Uh, many of which are illegal and on the endangered species list, - Sharkwater Extinction 00:07
Uh, many of which are illegal and on the endangered species ...
So we've seen many different shark species, - Sharkwater Extinction 00:07
So we've seen many different shark species,
Among these, probably the largest hammerhead fins - Sharkwater Extinction 00:06
Among these, probably the largest hammerhead fins
So, the newborns, the lighter ones. - Sharkwater Extinction 00:04
So, the newborns, the lighter ones.