Sharkwater

by Rob Stewart

This companion volume to the film Sharkwater provides a portrait of sharks and the underwater ecosystem in which they live, taking you into the most shark-rich waters of the world. More than 200 photographs revel in the beauty of this remarkable animal and expose the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
The filmmaker tells the story of his efforts to protect sharks, teaming up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives.
Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how, despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.

Genres: Nonfiction

215 pages, Hardcover

First published September 28, 2007

Reviews

[Shaelene (aGirlWithBookss) · Rating 4 out of 5]

January 29, 2020, was the 3 year anniversary for the death of Rob Stewart. I have been a fan of Rob’s work since his first film. I loved and appreciated his work dearly.
And so I decided to finally read this. It’s a great behind the scenes look of the making of Sharkwater complete with photographs.

4 stars. A great piece to have if you’re a fan of Rob's work,

[alexander shay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good supplement to the movie. A bit more information on other sealife and bits and pieces not really covered in the movie. Clear photos and good descriptions. I'm still amazed at the stuff Stewart went through on the journey to make this movie--and I had no idea it turned into an even bigger project than he'd intended it to be. If you care about the environment at all, I highly recommend you watch Sharkwater and the later film he made, REvolution, which has significantly more updated statistics regarding sharks and other global problems.

[Krys · Rating 5 out of 5]

The photography is amazing!

[Ashley Crookes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely photographs, the author gave us some insight into what he experienced over the 4 years it took him to film and capture footage for his movie documentary "Sharkwater". It's basically a companion book to the movie. Some of the material was repeated, so some better editing would have been ideal.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

To get the full effect, you really need to see the movie. The book doesn't really do it full justice. I was pleased to see the author discuss the pointless slaughter of sharks for mounted teeth and jaws which are sold as chintzy souvenirs. This was not addressed in the film.

[Jennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great addition to the classroom following our analysis of the film and and our campaign to save sharks!