A Quote by Brian Skerry

On Cape Cod, great white shark stocks have been growing, or at least becoming more concentrated, because of the multiplying numbers of seals around Monomoy Island. We are fortunate to have such abundance of these sharks in our own waters. Around the globe, we are killing in excess of 100 million sharks each year.

Brian Skerry

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Brian Skerry
American - Photographer
Born: 1962

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Douglas Adams

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Brian Skerry

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Neil Gaiman

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Paul Watson

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Stephen Rodrick

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