A toothy tale: A short history of shark fisheries and trade in shark products in twentieth-century Indonesia

A grey triangular fin cutting the surface of an otherwise calm sea, which many people will immediately associate with the 1975 suspense movieJaws, strikes dread in the hearts of beach-goers and fishermen alike. Beneath the fin is a creature most people love to hate, a creature whose predatory menace...

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1. Verfasser:	MANON OSSEWEIJER
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	A grey triangular fin cutting the surface of an otherwise calm sea, which many people will immediately associate with the 1975 suspense movieJaws, strikes dread in the hearts of beach-goers and fishermen alike. Beneath the fin is a creature most people love to hate, a creature whose predatory menace and mastery of the sea has made it notorious: the shark. More recently, sharks have been in the news and have starred in film documentaries in a more positive light. Sharks are presented as animals which have been at the top of the ocean food chain for millions of years,