Shark Protection Quotes

We should be afraid of sharks half as much as sharks should be afraid of us.

Sharks have swum the oceans for over 400 million years, but we're threatening this critically important species for the purpose of making soup - it's sad and wasteful.

There's still a lot of people out there who think the only good shark is a dead shark.

I do my very best to avoid shark fin.

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 change a little bit. As good information about sharks permeates popular culture, things may start to change.

Sharks are just evil bastards. I'm quite happy if all the sharks just went, because they eat fish and us. And we need the fish.

No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.

I am terrified of sharks, so I don't surf!

Sharks freak me out.

I don't know a single surfer who would say, 'Gee, I wish there were no sharks in the ocean.'

Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks.

California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world.

I've never been bitten by a shark, though God knows I had to poke a lot of them in the nose.

People don't need to be scared. I tickle sharks. I do, when they swim by.

I want to build a wired ocean that helps us take back the seas from poachers and illegal fishers. To do this, we need the latest technology applied to large pelagic fish and sharks, surveillance technology that helps protect marine protected areas, and tags that help prevent shark finning and illegal fishing. We must use modern sensors to help protect our seas!

Many people continue to think of sharks as man-eating beasts. Sharks are enormously powerful and wild creatures, but you're more likely to be killed by your kitchen toaster than a shark!

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

I don't like the idea of being eaten by a shark. I like to swim in the ocean, and I think much more about sharks than anyone should. I really resent the fact that my oceangoing experiences are ruined by 'Jaws.'

I don't use cages - I've been surrounded by 150 to 200 sharks, not once ever been close to being bitten.

We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it's theirs.

Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks.

If I can inspire a little girl by seeing me tag a shark, that's amazing.