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[Anthony Mackie] Born
and raised in New Orleans,
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I've fished along Louisiana's
bayous my whole life.
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These historic waterways
are a sportsman's paradise.
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It's the fun, the
adrenaline rush when you feel
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the fish hit your line.
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Did he stay on your line?
Did he get off your line?
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You never know
what's gonna happen.
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[glass shattering]
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Playing a
super hero is one thing,
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but fishing here is
where it feels real.
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You never know what's
gonna bite your line.
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So, you have to stay focused,
you have to stay in the moment.
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But even in the
calm waters of New Orleans,
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there are predators
just below the surface.
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[gasps]
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[screams]
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[Anthony Mackie] Bull sharks
in fresh water miles inland,
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in my home town.
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[reporter] We've all heard
that there are sharks swimming
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in the Lake.
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[reporter] Maybe closer
to the shore than you think.
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[screams].
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[Anthony Mackie] From
the Gulf of Mexico...
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[gasps].
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[Anthony Mackie] To
the Atlantic Coast,
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sharks are targeting
fishing boats and taking fish.
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[fisherman] No!
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[Anthony Mackie]
Right off the line.
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[Jasmin Graham] I
think a shark got it.
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[screaming].
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[Anthony Mackie]
As an avid fisherman,
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raising a family
along these waters,
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I wanna know what's behind this.
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Right there.
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So, I'm on a quest to find
out why these apex predators
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are swiping fishermen's
hard earned catches.
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Oh! You saw that?
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] Go, go, go.
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[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Careful, she's gonna go.
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[Anthony Mackie] And,
see how bold new research...
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[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Grab that dorsal fin.
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[Anthony Mackie] Could help
prevent these frequent run ins.
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That's a big fish.
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That's amazing.
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With sharks and fishermen
both depending on these waters
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to survive, the
stakes couldn't be higher.
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[♪ theme music plays]
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[Anthony Mackie] You know,
New Orleans is different.
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Our vibe is different.
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Some people think
Louisiana's soul comes from
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its music or food.
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But I think it's the waters
that shape our culture and
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spawns my love for fishing.
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This right here is
where I grew up and
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honed in my
skills as a fisherman.
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I was out here,
damn near every day.
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I mean, that's when
I wasn't in trouble,
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that was the one thing
that kept me out of trouble.
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But I remember
once when I was a kid,
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somebody took a hot dog
and caught a 70 pound catfish
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out of that lagoon.
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[laughs].
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It was the thing of legend.
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He was on the news.
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[laughs].
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So, this right
here is Bayou St. John.
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And this was my
bridge where I would fish.
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This was kinda
like my playground.
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It was so hot, you could
sit in the water and fish.
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So, being in the
middle of the city,
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it was just a easy
place to catch dinner
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'cause my mom loved perch.
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So, I would come
out and catch 'em and
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she would clean
'em and cook 'em.
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Growing up here, I didn't
hear much about sharks swimming
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in these waters, but since I
moved back to New Orleans to
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raise my family,
that's all changed.
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To find out why, I'm
headed to another one of
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my childhood fishing spots.
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Southeast of the
city is Venice, Louisiana,
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also known as Tuna Town.
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I've spent a lot of
time on these wharfs with
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the fresh smell of fish
coming in after a day's catch.
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In recent years,
business has boomed here.
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A lot of these boats run
charter trips while others are
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commercial vessels with
crews that make a living on
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their daily catch.
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But these days, Tuna Town
sounds more like Shark City.
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[bystander] Good Lord,
the sharks just eat you up.
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If you hook
five fish maybe get one.
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[bystander] That's a lot
of money out of our pocket.
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It makes our job harder.
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[angler] Dam!
Look at that!
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[Anthony Mackie] Out
in the Gulf of Mexico,
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sharks are tracking trawlers,
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taking tuna and even
tearing open shrimp nets.
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[angler] This is a
shark feeding frenzy.
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[Anthony Mackie] Some boats
are losing half of their catch,
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costing them
thousands of dollars a week.
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[bystander] You lose a lot
of fish to sharks, big sharks,
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small sharks,
they're everywhere.
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Lose a lot of equipment,
a lot of money.
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[Anthony Mackie] Scientists
refer to this act as,
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"Depredation."
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To see it for myself, I'm
headed out to the Gulf with
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Captain Brett Ryan
to do a little fishing.
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All right.
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{\an8}[Brett Ryan] You wanna hop
aboard and we'll get this day
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{\an8}going and come catch some fish.
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{\an8}- Let's do it.
- Hop in right there.
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[Anthony Mackie] Wow!
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- Welcome aboard.
- Thank you.
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[Anthony Mackie] To understand
what's driving this conflict,
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I also recruited a
bona fide shark expert.
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[Jasmin Graham] Good morning.
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[Anthony Mackie] Anthony.
Jasmine, nice to meet you.
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{\an8}[Jasmin Graham]
Nice to meet you.
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{\an8}- Can I come aboard?
- Absolutely!
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{\an8}- Yes, please.
- All right.
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[Anthony Mackie]
Marine biologist Jasmin Graham
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studies shark ecology
and evolution and is here
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to decode any
shark behavior we might see.
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[Brett Ryan] We're
gonna head out to West Delta
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this afternoon.
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We've noticed there is a lot of
issues with shark depredation.
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And it's becoming
more and more prevalent.
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[Anthony Mackie]
I have a friend,
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he hit a pretty got sized fish.
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Shark came and grabbed it.
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And now, instead of
him letting the fish go,
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he doubled down.
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So, the sharks' dragging
him across the Gulf of Mexico.
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[Jasmin Graham] Mm-hmm.
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[Anthony Mackie] Five minutes
later, he pops his head up,
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he has a half a fish.
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- Hmm.
- I would have let that go.
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[Anthony Mackie]
We'll, you'd let it go!
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[Brett Ryan] Was it
worth the half a fish?
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[Anthony Mackie] Right.
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We're headed to a fishing spot
where the battle between anglers
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and sharks is no joke.
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A few miles off shore, the
rigs of the West Delta oil field
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provide some of the best
fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
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I've experienced this
and Jasmin knows why.
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[Jasmin Graham] So,
it's a big aggregation of
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a lot of different species.
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It's why it's a
great fishing spot.
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[Anthony Mackie] Hmm.
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[Jasmin Graham] And it's just
as much biodiversity as we have
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on coral reefs, we have
on these artificial reefs.
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[Anthony Mackie] Right.
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Under water, these steel
skeletons are a sanctuary for
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a wide array of fish species.
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Over time, algae and other
life forms grow on these rigs,
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forming a complex ecosystem.
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It's an angler's paradise and
a pretty good place to hang out,
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if you're a hungry shark.
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So, the chances of witnessing
depredation firsthand are good.
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- You ready?
- Yep.
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[Brett Ryan] Grab your weight.
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Let it rip, tater chip.
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[Anthony Mackie] Here we go.
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[reel unspooling rapidly]
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This is my first time
being out here in a long time.
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My uncle and I, we
would come out to the rigs.
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It's great, it
brings up my childhood.
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So, it's just fun to be here
as an adult and do it again.
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You don't know what
you're gonna catch out here.
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[Brett Ryan] Oh,
that was a little nibble.
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[Anthony Mackie] Yeah.
Been nibbling for a minute.
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[Brett Ryan] There goes
a shark right by the boat.
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Y'all keep an eye out.
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[thuds]
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Uh-oh!
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[bystander] Got a fish on.
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[reel unspooling rapidly]
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[Anthony Mackie]
It's a good size one.
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[Brett Ryan] Uh-oh.
That was a shark.
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[Anthony Mackie] He
came right under the boat.
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Foof! Right there.
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Well, the hook is gone.
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And so is my fish.
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And although I got a
quick look at the shark,
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I couldn't say for
sure what the species was.
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Luckily, Jasmin came prepared.
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[Jasmin Graham] I'm just
gonna swab it and hopefully get
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some bit of that
shark's DNA on it.
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The good thing is, that
we did see it at the surface,
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and I was able to
identify that it was a blacktip,
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Carcharhinus limbatus, so.
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[Anthony Mackie]
Carcharhinus limbatus.
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[Jasmin Graham] Yeah.
So, if you're ever on Jeopardy.
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- I got it.
- You got it.
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[Anthony Mackie]
I'll never forget it.
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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[Jasmin Graham] So,
most identifying feature,
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obviously black tips
on its fins.
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So, if it comes back
and says that it is,
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in fact, a blacktip,
we know that it worked.
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[Anthony Mackie] Recent DNA
research proves that at least
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15 different shark species are
stealing fishermen's catches
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out here in the Gulf.
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One of the biggest culprits,
the bull shark is responsible
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for over one third
of the fish heists.
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Other species include close
relative the sandbar shark,
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along with blacktips,
spinners and makos.
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- Shark on the line!
- Shark on the line.
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[Anthony Mackie] As soon
as we cast another line,
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they're back for more.
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[Jasmin Graham]
Oh, there it goes.
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- Yeah.
- There it goes.
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[Jasmin Graham] It's got it.
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[Anthony Mackie] We
aren't the only boat load of
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anglers out here.
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[Brett Ryan] What's the word?
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[captain] We're
getting murdered by sharks!
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[Anthony Mackie] It
feels like a losing battle.
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[thuds]
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Whoa!
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Even if you hook a fish.
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[Brett Ryan] That is a
shark eating that snapper.
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[Anthony Mackie] The
sharks think it's a free meal.
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He's coming up.
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[Jasmin Graham]
Looks like a blacktip.
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[Anthony Mackie] Got him.
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He took my fish.
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For sharks, gabbing a fish
already struggling on a line
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is easy pickings.
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But for me, I wouldn't call
this a relaxing fishing trip.
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So why has shark
depredation become such
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a big problem in these waters?
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[Jasmin Graham] We're
fishing in the same spot
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that the sharks are fishing in.
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[Anthony Mackie] Yeah.
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[Jasmin Graham] I mean, look,
there's nothing else out here.
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This is the structure.
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[Anthony Mackie]
This is it, yeah.
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[Jasmin Graham] So, that's
where they're all gonna go.
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[Anthony Mackie] Right.
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[Jasmin Graham] Sharks
learn really, really quickly.
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So, they learn,
you know, engine means food.
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So, they start coming
straight for the boats.
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So, now we're in direct
competition with them for
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the same fish.
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And that's why
you get depredation.
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[Anthony Mackie] Right.
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[Jasmin Graham] 'Cause
they gotta eat, we gotta eat.
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We gotta figure
out how we both eat.
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[Anthony Mackie]
Where's the helping hand?
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It's like, we
opened a, a buffet.
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[Jasmin Graham] Yeah.
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[Anthony Mackie] And
they're just sitting around
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waiting for a snack.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah.
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[Anthony Mackie] These
sharks are smart and they know
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an easy meal when they see one.
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And this is a phenomenon
that seems to be spreading.
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In New Orleans, away from
the Gulf's artificial reefs,
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frustrated fishermen
say bull sharks are taking
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their fish too.
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To see for myself, I'm headed
back to the Big Easy to actually
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try to catch a
shark in the city.
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[Anthony Mackie] New Orleans.
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I love this city, man.
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And apart from a
few years in New York,
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I've lived here my whole life.
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New Orleans is one
of those cities where
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people enjoy life, you know?
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And that's what
makes it so great.
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It's the home of jazz,
gumbo and Mardi Gras.
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And these days, a
growing shark population.
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To get a handle on why
their numbers are rising,
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I'm headed to a spot
on the edge of town.
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The lake is
five minutes up here.
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Where the sharks are
swimming pretty close to home.
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We fish under this
bridge down by the pillars,
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'cause the pillars
have become an ecosystem.
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At 630 square miles,
Lake Pontchartrain is
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the largest inland
body of water in Louisiana.
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The lake is
actually a tidal lagoon,
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{\an8}connected by channels
to the Gulf of Mexico.
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{\an8}That means sharks can enter
the lake directly from the Gulf.
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[reporter] There are sharks
swimming in Lake Pontchartrain.
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[Kenny Lopez]
One local fisherman,
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{\an8}he caught a nearly
six foot bull shark
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{\an8}right along the sea wall.
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[Anthony Mackie] I'd
fished in Lake Pontchartrain.
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It's literally in my backyard.
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I take my boat out, I take my
kids out on Lake Pontchartrain.
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'Cause we're so naive
to what's around us, like,
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"Oh, there's
nothing in the lake,"
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but the lake's full of sharks.
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To get to the bottom of this,
I'm fishing with a guy who knows
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what these
predators are doing here,
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so far from the sea.
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You got dinner or bait?
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This is local shark
scientist, Marcus Drymon.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] Now
when you think back to fishing
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{\an8}when you were a kid,
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{\an8}do you ever hear of people
catching bull sharks in here?
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- Yeah.
- Okay.
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[Anthony Mackie] Every now and
then my uncle would come back in
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with a shark, but
they were smaller sharks.
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They weren't massive predators.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
What I'm after here today
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are bull sharks
and bull sharks can live
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in completely fresh water.
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And anything in
between fresh and saltwater.
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So, it's inherent to
bull sharks in general.
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- Oh wow.
- Yeah.
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[Anthony Mackie] For bull sharks
it's like a super power.
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Their ability to swim in
fresh water is nearly unique.
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Which is great for them
but not so wonderful for
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all the fishermen.
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So, Marcus is keeping tabs
on them and looking for ways
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to keep the conflict between
sharks and anglers to a minimum.
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So, what is the goal as
far as the bull sharks?
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
In this part of the world,
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a lot of folks are attributing
depredation to bull sharks.
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They're saying,
"Hey, what's going on?
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If the sharks are
biting my fish that often,
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there must be a lot
more sharks in the water."
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[Anthony Mackie] Hmm.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] And
in the past 30 years,
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especially in the United States,
we've done a really good job of
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protecting sharks and so
the populations are increasing.
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[Anthony Mackie] Mm-hmm.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
But the thing is, we don't
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have a great feel
for which parts of
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Lake Pontchartrain
they like the best.
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[Anthony Mackie] Yeah.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] What
are the inlets where they
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might be coming in?
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Where are the areas
where the water is just right
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for a bull shark?
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But that's exactly what
we'll be trying to figure out.
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If we catch one, is we'll
put in a little transmitter.
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[Anthony Mackie]
For more than 15 years,
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Marcus has been catching,
tagging and releasing sharks.
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To date, he's tagged
more than 10,000 in the Gulf
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and Lake Pontchartrain.
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- Oh!
- Fish on.
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[Anthony Mackie]
Oh, you son of a...
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So, maybe I can help
him by tagging my first.
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[reel unspooling rapidly]
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Oh, this side.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Please be a shark.
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Please.
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[Anthony Mackie] That's one.
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Ooh! That's one.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] Oh boy!
That's a baby bull shark.
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[Anthony Mackie] That's a baby?
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
That's as small as they get.
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[Anthony Mackie] Wait.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
That's as small as they get.
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[Anthony Mackie] So,
they're in the womb that big?
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] Yeah.
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Just gently lift it up
and I'm gonna grab it right
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when it gets here.
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- Yep.
- One, two, three, go.
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[Anthony Mackie] Go. Ahh.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Perfect. Look at that.
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That's amazing.
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[Anthony Mackie] It's crazy.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Pop this hook out, see?
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[Anthony Mackie] Yeah.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] When
you see a little belly button,
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you know it was just born.
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It's called the umbilical scar.
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- And you see how it's open?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- Born in July.
- So, he's just born.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
So, he was just born, like,
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two months ago.
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[Anthony Mackie] Wow.
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That's crazy, man.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
So, check this out.
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That's a female.
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[Anthony Mackie] To track
our baby as she grows up,
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we're gonna need to
implant a transmitter.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
All right. Let's do it then.
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[Anthony Mackie] And, amazingly,
turning most sharks upside down
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puts them in a
trance-like state.
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It's called tonic immobility,
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like a natural
state of paralysis.
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This way, Marcus can get to work
without adding to her stress.
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So, you say that this shark
is about a month or two old.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Yeah, that's right.
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[Anthony Mackie]
And, at 30 inches.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] Yeah.
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[Anthony Mackie] You know, it's,
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it's a good
distance to the Gulf.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
So, you ask yourself,
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what's a little shark like
this doing all the way up here?
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[Anthony Mackie] Yeah,
what's a girl like this doing
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in a neighborhood like this?
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
That's exactly right.
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And the answer is, it's
the perfect neighborhood for
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this shark to be in right now.
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I mean, it's, it's
perfect in terms of protection,
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it's a safe neighborhood.
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It's a neighborhood
with lots of food.
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And it's a
neighborhood where there's
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not a lot of bad guys, so.
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[Anthony Mackie] Right.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] This is what
we could call a primary nursery.
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So, you know, if you think
about the big mothers, you know,
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it's like humans,
they have birth, basically,
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once a year.
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and then she comes into an area
like this and she drops 'em off.
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[Anthony Mackie] Right.
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Right here, in
Lake Pontchartrain.
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So, it turns out that many
of the sharks causing havoc
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in my backyard are just kids.
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Well, close.
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And growing up near New Orleans,
these trainee predators realize
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that a fish on the hook
is there for the taking.
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It's shocking to me because
I grew up so close to here.
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And I would fish literally
right outside this inlet.
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The idea of a shark
being in my backyard is crazy,
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and to catch a baby
still with the umbilical cord,
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it's mind blowing.
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People are coming through
here with their boats to go have
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lunch on the lake and there's
sharks outside their house.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] So,
that's all she needs.
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Do you wanna be the
one to put her back?
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[Anthony Mackie]
I would love to.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] I
just hold 'em just like that.
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There you go, you got it.
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[Anthony Mackie] You're
not going to take my finger.
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And just drop her in?
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] Just drop
her in whenever you're ready.
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[Anthony Mackie]
It's a beautiful fish.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon] It's a
beautiful, beautiful fish.
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[Anthony Mackie]
All right, little lady.
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I'll see you in a few years.
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Gone.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Completing the circle.
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[Anthony Mackie] Wow.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Come on. Come on.
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[Anthony Mackie] By
tracking baby bull sharks,
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identifying which areas they
prefer and sharing that data
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with anglers, Marcus
hopes to reduce depredation
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in these waters.
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[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Well done, that's awesome.
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[Anthony Mackie] That's amazing.
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And now that I know baby
sharks shelter here in the lake
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as they mature, I'm hoping
other fishermen can learn to
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accept them in our neighborhood.
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But when these sharks grow up
and swim out to deeper waters...
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[screaming].
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[Anthony Mackie] They're bigger
and even more intimidating.
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And research shows bull sharks
can really get around.
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Some even travel to the Gulf all
the way from Southern Florida,
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where I'm about to see for
myself that depredation is
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also on the rise.
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[Anthony Mackie]
I've come to Florida,
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the self-styled fishing
capital of the world,
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to get a different
viewpoint on the problem.
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Just caught us
some fresh shark bait.
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There are now more than a
million boats registered here
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in the Sunshine State,
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putting more and more anglers
in direct conflict with sharks.
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[angler] There it is!
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Oh, that's a bull shark.
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[angler] I
think a shark got it.
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[angler] A shark
came by and nabbed him,
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split him right in half.
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[Anthony Mackie] Anglers say
bull shark numbers have surged
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and shark fishing tournaments,
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which already killed
tens of thousands a year,
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are pushing for more.
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[protester] Save our sharks!
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{\an8}[Anthony Mackie] Meanwhile,
conservationists point out that
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bull sharks are a
vulnerable species that
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deserve continued protection.
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I'm interested to
see 'em down there.
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{\an8}[Jasmin Graham]
Sharks in the movies,
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{\an8}they're portrayed as
these mindless, man-eaters.
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But actually sharks
are really afraid of us
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because we're scary, right?
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[Anthony Mackie] Right.
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[Jasmin Graham] We kill a
hundred million sharks a year.
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Sharks kill one or
two people a year.
487
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,520
[Anthony Mackie]
Shark biologist, Jasmin Graham,
488
00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,800
thinks protecting sharks is
in everyone's best interests.
489
00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,600
Even the fishermen.
490
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,160
To help me understand,
we're at a spot off
491
00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,600
the east coast of
Florida near Jupiter.
492
00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,600
It's called Deep Ledge.
493
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,480
{\an8}Out here, four miles offshore,
494
00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,080
{\an8}the cold waters of the Atlantic
495
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,560
{\an8}are split by a warmer current
coming in from the south.
496
00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,560
{\an8}The Gulf Stream.
497
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,080
This conveyor belt of
nutrients and plankton
498
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:12,400
attracts a huge range of
fish species, including sharks.
499
00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,840
And Jasmin wants us both to
get in the water with them.
500
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,200
[Jasmin Graham] Now you're
going into their territory.
501
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:22,400
How you feeling?
502
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,600
[Anthony Mackie] Uh, I'm a
little, I'm a little nervous.
503
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,440
I'm interested to
see how they react.
504
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,200
'Cause I've never seen
them in their habitat,
505
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,880
I've only seen them being
pulled out of their habitat.
506
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,800
But, my problem is,
I'm not the best swimmer.
507
00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:38,080
So, I don't wanna be the
bait that brings the sharks in.
508
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,320
[Jasmin Graham]
All you have to do,
509
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,080
I recommend what
we call star fish.
510
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,760
Get as flat as possible.
511
00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,680
The more surface area you have,
the more buoyant you are.
512
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,320
[Anthony Mackie] So, if
the shark gets too close,
513
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,280
I should hit it
in the nose, right?
514
00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:52,680
[Jasmin Graham] Well,
you don't need to hit it.
515
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,800
You just need to, like...
516
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,600
[Anthony Mackie] Where I'm from,
we punch 'em in the nose.
517
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:56,800
[Jasmin Graham]
Well, don't punch.
518
00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,080
We don't need to punch 'em.
519
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,800
All you have to do
is just gently like, no.
520
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,280
Just guide 'em and then,
521
00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:05,280
and they'll be like,
"Oh, all right."
522
00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:06,800
[Anthony Mackie]
So, it's like dating.
523
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,240
[Jasmin Graham] Please continue.
524
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:09,320
[Anthony Mackie]
I'm just saying.
525
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:10,840
"Oh, no, sir, thank you."
526
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,080
[Jasmin Graham]
Once you see 'em,
527
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,560
you'll have a appreciation.
528
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,640
I think anyone that
swims with sharks has
529
00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,880
a much better understanding
and respect for them.
530
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,120
[Anthony Mackie] Right.
531
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,800
[Jasmin Graham] All right.
So, you ready to get in?
532
00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,680
- I'm ready.
- Let's do it.
533
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:24,800
[Anthony Mackie]
Don't punch in the nose.
534
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:25,880
[Jasmin Graham]
Don't punch the shark.
535
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:26,960
[Anthony Mackie]
Don't punch in the nose.
536
00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:28,040
[Jasmin Graham] Do
not punch the shark.
537
00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:30,360
[Anthony Mackie] Don't do it.
I got it, I got it.
538
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,960
[bystander] All right,
you guys, let's get ready.
539
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,280
[Anthony Mackie] Let's do it.
540
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:40,880
All right.
541
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,440
[bystander] Alrighty.
Three, two, one.
542
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,320
[Anthony Mackie] We're in.
543
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,480
And I'm just gonna hold
on to my home girl, Jasmin,
544
00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,000
you know, to
make sure she's okay.
545
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,800
And out of nowhere, the
biggest shark I've ever seen
546
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,840
comes out of the blue.
547
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,560
Oh! What?
548
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:04,640
You saw that?
549
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,920
[Jasmin Graham]
Yeah. That was so cool.
550
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,920
[Anthony Mackie] There
really is a shark down there.
551
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,120
[Jasmin Graham]
It is a, a shark.
552
00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:20,520
[Anthony Mackie]
And it's not alone.
553
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,240
They swim so close.
554
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,360
[Jasmin Graham] Yeah.
555
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,120
It's wild, they're so pretty.
556
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,200
[Anthony Mackie] They
really are so terrifyingly
557
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,440
graceful and majestic.
558
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,200
In fact, coming face to face
with these incredible creatures
559
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,200
is nothing like I expected.
560
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:41,600
They seem so chill.
561
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,680
[Jasmin Graham]
Yeah. I told you.
562
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,200
They're not worried about us.
563
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,360
So, you gotta respect them,
you gotta respect their space.
564
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,080
[Anthony Mackie] Yeah. Okay.
565
00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,600
[Jasmin Graham]
You leave them alone,
566
00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,160
they'll leave you alone.
567
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,280
You cool.
568
00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:05,120
[Anthony Mackie] Realizing
they don't want a piece of me,
569
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,320
it's time to let go of my
fear and enjoy the spectacle.
570
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,000
[Jasmin Graham] Female
sandbar right down there.
571
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,680
[Anthony Mackie]
Ah, that's crazy.
572
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,040
Up to eight feet long
and more than 200 pounds
573
00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:25,440
of calm, agile shark.
574
00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:33,000
A little deeper,
fully grown bull sharks
575
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,840
along with duskies
and silky sharks too.
576
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,280
All of them just
minding their own business.
577
00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,280
[Jasmin Graham]
Woo! You did it.
578
00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:44,560
[Anthony Mackie]
I swam with sharks.
579
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,920
[Jasmin Graham] You
did it, it's happened.
580
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,600
[Anthony Mackie] Oh my God.
581
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,120
No, that was great.
582
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,880
You really looked out
for me, I appreciate that.
583
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:52,960
[Jasmin Graham] No problem.
584
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,040
[Anthony Mackie] The
first time I had to grab you.
585
00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:55,120
- Yeah.
- You know?
586
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,200
[Jasmin Graham] Yeah.
587
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,640
[Anthony Mackie] Then I
worked my way up to it.
588
00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:59,240
[Jasmin Graham]
And you stayed calm.
589
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,160
- Stayed calm.
- I was impressed.
590
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:02,320
[Anthony Mackie] It
was pretty amazing.
591
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,200
They kept coming up and swimming
around us and through us.
592
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,400
I mean, they
were four feet away.
593
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,480
[Jasmin Graham] Yeah.
594
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,720
But I always say, if I'm
diving and I don't see a shark,
595
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,160
I'm actually concerned,
'cause that means that
596
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,120
the ecosystem isn't healthy.
597
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,960
So, we have some fish that
eat coral, they eat algae.
598
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,040
[Anthony Mackie] Right.
599
00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,240
[Jasmin Graham] And, if
there were no predators,
600
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,760
they would stay in the same
spot and they'd just eat all of
601
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,200
the vegetation in the area.
602
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,280
[Anthony Mackie] Yeah.
603
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:27,520
[Jasmin Graham] But,
if you have sharks,
604
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,600
just them being
present is controlling fish,
605
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,120
so they're kind
of policing them,
606
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,120
herding them, making
them eat at different areas.
607
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,400
[Anthony Mackie]
It's impressive.
608
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,440
It's really impressive.
609
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,240
As apex predators, sharks
play a vital role in preserving
610
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,360
delicately balanced ecosystems.
611
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,400
Without them, fishermen
could have nothing to catch.
612
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,360
So, it's beneficial for all
of us to find ways of reducing
613
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,680
depredation without turning
sharks into the bad guys.
614
00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:06,000
Here in Florida, there's a
team of scientists going to
615
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,200
new depths to do just that.
616
00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:16,080
[Anthony Mackie] Off the
coast of West Palm Beach,
617
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,600
one scientist is
hopeful that fishermen and
618
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,840
sharks can get along.
619
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,040
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
We're above one of our
620
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:24,760
wreck sites where we
have the listening stations.
621
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,800
We're gonna be listening
for tagged bull sharks.
622
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,480
[Anthony Mackie]
Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou has
623
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,640
been studying shark
behavior for 25 years.
624
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,920
{\an8}His team is monitoring
bull sharks at a group of
625
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,400
{\an8}ship wrecks about
100 feet below the surface.
626
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:45,680
Like the oil rigs in the Gulf,
627
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,400
these wrecks
became artificial reefs,
628
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,000
making them popular
with anglers and sharks.
629
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,880
And as a result, the area
is now a depredation hot spot.
630
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,920
{\an8}[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] So,
it's creating animosity between
631
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,120
{\an8}fishers and, and sharks.
632
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,600
So, we wanna try and help
alleviate that in a way that
633
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,880
doesn't require
killing the animals.
634
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,360
[Anthony Mackie] Instead,
Yannis wants to uncover
635
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,120
the secrets of the
sharks' movements.
636
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,720
Figure out where
they go and when.
637
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,960
And learn which parts of the
shipwrecks the sharks favor.
638
00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,960
So, he's tracking them
with a underwater network
639
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,080
of acoustic receivers.
640
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,320
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] Oh,
there's a few sharks below us.
641
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,040
There are
bull sharks still here.
642
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,400
[Anthony Mackie] To
trace their movements,
643
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,040
Yannis needs to fit as
many sharks as he can with
644
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,960
an acoustic transmitter.
645
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,440
And today, he's calling on
my angling skills to bring
646
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,480
another one to the boat.
647
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,600
The only trouble is, I
don't see any fishing rods.
648
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,560
So, what's the process
today for catching a shark?
649
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:51,840
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
We're just gonna basically drop
650
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,160
the line into the
water and hopefully
651
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,800
hook one up pretty quickly.
652
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,080
And that's when the kind of
the fight is on because these
653
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,800
are really,
really strong animals.
654
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,120
[Anthony Mackie] And
we're pulling 'em in by hand?
655
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,440
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
We're pulling 'em in by hand.
656
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,280
[Anthony Mackie] So
here it is in a nutshell.
657
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:12,440
To catch and tag a bull shark,
we have to pull it in by hand,
658
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:17,160
collect some vitals, implant
the transmitter and let it go.
659
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,920
Easy, right?
660
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,600
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] So,
if you wanna take the bait.
661
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:21,680
[Anthony Mackie] Yeah.
662
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,800
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Drop that over the side.
663
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,040
The big danger here is
with one of these big animals,
664
00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:29,560
if you get wrapped up,
665
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:30,920
then there's that danger
of you going over the side.
666
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,000
[Anthony Mackie]
You're going over, right.
667
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,200
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
We also have, at the end of
668
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:34,600
that line, we have that float.
669
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,520
So, we've had really
big sharks like tigers,
670
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,760
if it gets to the point
where it's not controllable,
671
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,280
just throw the whole thing
over the side and just follow
672
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,480
the float, 'cause they're
just gonna be towing the float
673
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:43,560
and they tie themselves up.
674
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:44,640
- Oh.
- Like, Jaws.
675
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:45,760
[Anthony Mackie] Like, Jaws.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
676
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,040
I didn't wanna bring up, Jaws.
677
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,120
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] No.
678
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,760
It was a, it has a
big influence on me,
679
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,760
so that's part of
the reason I'm here.
680
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,560
[bystander] There's one here.
681
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,960
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Yep, see one right down there.
682
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,880
[Anthony Mackie] Right
after the bait goes down,
683
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,480
three huge bull sharks
come to check it out.
684
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:03,640
Oh, that's a big shark.
685
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:04,760
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Careful with the shark.
686
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,600
- It's coming in.
- Keep looking at it.
687
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:07,720
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
There we go, there we go.
688
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,160
[Anthony Mackie]
He took it, whoa.
689
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,080
Whoa.
690
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,160
They're following him.
691
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,240
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] Yeah.
692
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:14,520
They get a lot bolder
when they're in groups.
693
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,160
When they're solo,
they're really cautious.
694
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,400
So, now we play the game.
695
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:21,760
Start bringing it in.
696
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,960
[Anthony Mackie] The
game is like a tug of war.
697
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,960
To win, we need to pull
the shark up high enough to
698
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:28,760
safely secure it
alongside the boat.
699
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:29,840
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
It's coming up.
700
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,400
[Anthony Mackie] Ah, man.
701
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:32,960
[grunts]
702
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,600
[laughs]
703
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,680
But this fish
isn't ready to give in.
704
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,160
How many pounds would
you say this fish weighs?
705
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,440
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] I'm
gonna guess 700, 800 pounds.
706
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:46,520
[Anthony Mackie] 800?
707
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:47,600
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
That's my guess.
708
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,040
[Anthony Mackie]
Yeah. Definitely.
709
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,640
[groans]
710
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,160
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
There we go.
711
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,240
Coming, it's
coming up, coming up.
712
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:58,360
[bystander] There we go.
713
00:29:58,440 --> 00:29:59,600
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Okay, slow ahead, slow ahead.
714
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,000
[Anthony Mackie] Whoa, whoa.
715
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,040
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Okay guys. Get it on.
716
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,040
Get it, careful,
careful, careful.
717
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,800
This is a big animal; that can
cause a really serious bite.
718
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,280
So, obviously I
don't wanna get bit,
719
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,840
and I don't want
anybody else to get bit.
720
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,240
[Anthony Mackie]
That's a big fish.
721
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,160
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Don't, careful, she's gonna go.
722
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,440
Okay, here she comes,
here she comes.
723
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,360
Grab that dorsal fin.
724
00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,240
[bystander] Grab dorsal.
725
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,600
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Got it? Got it?
726
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,160
Hold it tight.
727
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,960
Okay, pull in the slack,
pull in the slack.
728
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,800
Okay. That's good for now.
729
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,280
[Anthony Mackie]
Look at that. Look at that.
730
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,840
[groans]
731
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,160
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
All right, first bull shark.
732
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,920
[laughter]
733
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,960
[Anthony Mackie]
That was not easy.
734
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,840
But there's no time to rest.
735
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,480
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] So,
bull sharks are quite hardy,
736
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,400
but we still wanna get
her processed and released
737
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:57,840
as quickly as possible.
738
00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,200
[Anthony Mackie] Wow.
739
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:02,000
This shark has
never been tagged.
740
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,600
It's a perfect
addition to Yannis' project.
741
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,800
It's 83.
742
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,240
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] 183?
743
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,680
- Two meters, six.
- 206.
744
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,960
- 47.
- King 47.
745
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,280
[Anthony Mackie] Over
eight feet from nose to tail,
746
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,560
this is an adult female.
747
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,920
Like many sharks,
flipped on her back,
748
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,440
she enters a trance-like state
and will be less stressed out,
749
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,560
which is lucky
because now I have a pretty,
750
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,240
let's say, delicate job to do.
751
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:33,400
All the way in?
752
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,480
[bystander] Yeah.
753
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,080
[bystander] Yeah, all the
way in, then you rotate it.
754
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,840
[Anthony Mackie] Yannis wants
me to swab the shark's anus,
755
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,080
so we can test her
feces for fish DNA.
756
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,360
- Oh boy.
- Thank you very much.
757
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:45,560
[Anthony Mackie] There you go.
758
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,640
The sample will show whether
she's eating the same prey
759
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,480
the fishermen are after.
760
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,600
When I woke up this morning, I
didn't think I would be giving
761
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,600
a shark a anal swab.
762
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,760
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
What a lucky guy.
763
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,360
[Anthony Mackie] Finally,
just like our baby shark
764
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:01,840
in Louisiana,
765
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,040
the team surgically
implants a transmitter.
766
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,880
Once this shark is released,
Yannis will be able to track
767
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,120
her movements for
up to five years.
768
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:13,440
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] We're
really interested in knowing
769
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,480
where they're
exactly hanging out.
770
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:16,960
Where they're
moving to and when.
771
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:18,040
[Anthony Mackie] Right.
772
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,120
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou] But
what we've noticed is that some
773
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,280
of these wrecks can have
a lot of sharks on them,
774
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,000
whereas other wrecks don't.
775
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,520
So, what makes a wreck
attractive to bull sharks
776
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,320
versus unattractive?
777
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:29,440
So then if we
can figure that out,
778
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,400
then we can perhaps
design artificial reefs where
779
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,200
you're not gonna get
them colonized by sharks.
780
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,520
And so, we can try and
reduced that depredation
781
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:37,760
without viscous, you know,
782
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,840
feeling the need to
go and kill the animals.
783
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,880
[Anthony Mackie] That's amazing.
784
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,160
It's a radical idea.
785
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,880
Build sharkless reef
for fishing and eliminate
786
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,360
the conflict zones,
not the sharks.
787
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,440
Just the sheer amount of
power and strength that this
788
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,800
animal exhibits, to be
able to hold her and tag her,
789
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,720
and like, get this close
to her, it's really humbling.
790
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,840
It's really humbling.
791
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,360
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
All right. So we're ready to
792
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:06,440
release her.
793
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:07,880
[Anthony Mackie] All right.
How does that work?
794
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,360
[Dr. Yannis Papastamatiou]
Okay, so.
795
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,280
Go, push her away.
796
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:12,480
And just give her a push off.
797
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,200
There you go. There she goes.
798
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,320
[Anthony Mackie] Hopefully,
shark free reefs could cut
799
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,000
depredation here in Florida,
800
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,200
but in Louisiana,
801
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,960
protecting the interest
of sharks and fishermen is
802
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,400
even harder,
803
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:32,960
because the entire
coastline is under threat.
804
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,080
[Anthony Mackie] In New Orleans,
fishermen are forced to share
805
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:44,440
the city's waterways these
days with young bull sharks.
806
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,720
But, as I know all too well,
there's another problem that's
807
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,720
making all of our
lives more precarious.
808
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,080
It's no secret the city
is uniquely vulnerable to
809
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,000
hurricanes and storm surges.
810
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,720
We're in a very
special part of town for me,
811
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,040
this is the, the Seventh Ward.
812
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,720
This was my old stomping ground.
813
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:06,800
This was my neighborhood,
814
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,000
that was wildly
devastated with Katrina.
815
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,680
Today, almost
two decades after Katrina,
816
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,560
the Louisiana
coastline continues to
817
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,800
change and fracture.
818
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:22,480
And the impacts for my city are
still potentially devastating.
819
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,520
My dad built this house
and it was my mom, my dad,
820
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:30,720
my five siblings and I, and
we used to play on this levy.
821
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,000
We used to go down to
the end of the canal here,
822
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,360
and dig worms to go
on the bayou and fish.
823
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,200
In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina
roared through New Orleans,
824
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,240
countless levies were breached,
825
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,120
including this one,
826
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:50,600
breaking directly behind our
house and into our backyard.
827
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,840
[reporter] The flooding here is
getting worse after waters from
828
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,640
Lake Pontchartrain
broke through a levy.
829
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:02,600
Authorities are
focused on search and rescue
830
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,000
before it's too late.
831
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,080
[Anthony Mackie] You know,
August 29th will always be
832
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,080
etched in my mind
because so many people,
833
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,920
so many friends, so many
family members were, um,
834
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,640
were affected by it.
835
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,280
You know, they were a bunch
of people I know that were
836
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,520
trapped in their attics.
837
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,560
You know, I had family
members that were airlifted out.
838
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,400
So, there's no,
839
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,320
there's no way to explain
or describe that experience.
840
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,520
It was very difficult to
think that I didn't have
841
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,840
a home to go to.
842
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,920
It literally
washed away my youth.
843
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,680
And that's what brought me back.
844
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,880
That's why I moved back home.
845
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,520
You know, I wanted to
build my future here.
846
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,760
I wanted to have my family here.
847
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,960
The floods here took
many people by surprise.
848
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,960
But scientists understand
why they were so destructive.
849
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,720
The wetlands that shelter our
young bull sharks should also
850
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:19,080
protect the city and the
coast against a storm surge.
851
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:24,600
But in my lifetime, so much of
that natural buffer has eroded.
852
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,240
Re-engineering the
Mississippi River,
853
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,440
the oil industry,
carving through wetlands
854
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,800
and rising seas.
855
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,280
{\an8}The combined effect is
that Louisiana is vanishing
856
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,160
{\an8}into the Gulf.
857
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:42,240
{\an8}An area the size of
Manhattan is lost every year.
858
00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:50,280
There's been an intense amount
of erosion around New Orleans.
859
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,280
You'll see it when
you fly into the airport.
860
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,720
The entire wetland
is slowly going away.
861
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,720
The Cyprus trees are going away.
862
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,600
And everybody's aware of it.
863
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:00,960
But we haven't
done anything about it.
864
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,800
The loss of our wetlands
leaves us wide open to storms
865
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,760
like Katrina.
866
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,080
But, how does affect
the young bull sharks that
867
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,360
call these areas home?
868
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,360
[Brad] Hey Marcus.
How you doing?
869
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:16,760
- Hey Brad, how's it going?
- Good to see you.
870
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:17,880
- Good to see you.
- Yeah.
871
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,480
- Thanks for taking me.
- Yeah. Absolutely.
872
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:20,840
[Brad] What we
got going on today?
873
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,000
[Dr. Marcus Drymon]
Let's put up a hydrophone.
874
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:23,920
[Anthony Mackie] To find out,
my new fishing buddy,
875
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,560
Dr. Marcus Drymon, is
expanding a coastal network of
876
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,760
underwater receivers, like
the one Yannis uses in Florida.
877
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,560
{\an8}[Dr. Marcus Drymon] By
putting a hydrophone here,
878
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,680
{\an8}we're in the first step of
gathering the data we need to be
879
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:38,280
able to determine habitat use.
880
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,360
And that'll help us in the
future to know if changes to
881
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,680
the coastal landscape are
altering the movements of
882
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,160
bull sharks in this area.
883
00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:48,320
[Anthony Mackie] With a
network of these hydrophones in
884
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,920
and around Lake Pontchartrain,
Marcus can get a clear picture
885
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,640
of the bull sharks movements
and ever changing habitat.
886
00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:57,480
[Dr. Marcus Drymon] As
coastal erosion is increasing,
887
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,520
those habitats are destroyed
for these young bull sharks,
888
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,200
so they have to
go somewhere else.
889
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,320
And if that coastal erosion is
moving these suitable habitats
890
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,080
further and further inland,
closer and closer to areas of
891
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,360
high human development,
892
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,160
then naturally, that's
where those bull sharks
893
00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:14,080
are going to be going.
894
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,480
[Anthony Mackie] That could mean
city anglers losing more fish to
895
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,960
even more sharks.
896
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,440
But armed with the knowledge
of juvenile bull sharks
897
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,320
migration patterns,
898
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,240
anglers might be
able to fish at times and
899
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,000
in places that have
fewer sharks around.
900
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,440
That maybe one answer.
901
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,240
But, as Louisiana's
coastline continues to change,
902
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,960
sharks are
losing vital habitats.
903
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:57,520
So, I'm going to team up
with some real home town heroes
904
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,880
who are working
hard to change that.
905
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:08,120
[Anthony Mackie]
East of New Orleans,
906
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,440
there's a band of ecowarriors,
907
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,520
working to put the
brakes on coastal erosion.
908
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:18,680
Possibly saving the
sharks and the city.
909
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:24,560
New Orleans is a bowl and
that bowl keeps getting deeper
910
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,760
and deeper the more
coastal erosion we have,
911
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,440
the more soil we lose,
the more the city sinks.
912
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,440
For the sharks and
the people who live here,
913
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,080
the stakes are incredibly high.
914
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,920
The marsh and the canals are
our lines of defense against
915
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,920
flooding and hurricanes.
916
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,280
So, it's important
that we realize that,
917
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,200
you know, we're a
ticking time bomb.
918
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,320
It's all fun and games
to go the Quarter until
919
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,520
the Quarter's under
six feet of water.
920
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,640
Fortunately, the
French Quarter stayed
921
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:57,440
relatively dry during Katrina.
922
00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:01,920
But, as sea levels rise, the
city's man-made defenses will be
923
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,520
pushed to their limits.
924
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,160
Instead of building more levies,
925
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:08,600
one group has a
different plan of attack.
926
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,120
Good morning, everyone.
927
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,640
[all] Morning.
928
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:13,680
[Anthony Mackie] These
volunteers are foot soldiers in
929
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,440
the battle against erosion.
930
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,800
And they're fighting to
bring back our lost wetlands.
931
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,320
Today, the team and I are
headed out east of New Orleans,
932
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:29,360
to plant some grass along a
section of eroding marshland.
933
00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:35,720
Without the tree roots
to hold them together and
934
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:40,040
a protective grass barrier,
the banks are washing away.
935
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,840
To put things right, the
volunteers and I will have to
936
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,680
get a little muddy.
937
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:45,800
I've fished these waters,
938
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,640
I never thought I
would walk in 'em.
939
00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:51,560
I didn't know the mud
was this, uh, this juicy.
940
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,560
[laughs]
941
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,200
[Gardner Goodall] We
have some cut grass that
942
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:56,840
we harvested from a canal.
943
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,840
And so now we're ready to
roll and start planting it.
944
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,480
So, everyone's ready
to get dirty and wet.
945
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:02,800
[laughter]
946
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,360
- All right.
- Let's go.
947
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,200
[Anthony Mackie] Oh-oh,
yeah, that's the soot, baby.
948
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,600
That's the soot, baby.
949
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:10,720
[groans]
950
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,040
This is the definition of gumbo.
951
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,440
That's what this is.
952
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:22,800
Man, I really liked these shoes.
953
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:24,680
Not anymore!
954
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,640
Each clump of grass has
to individually planted
955
00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:29,520
in the muck.
956
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,000
So, it's tiring.
957
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,280
It's hard work.
958
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,040
So how many have you all, this
is your first time doing this?
959
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,480
So y'all knew what to expect!
960
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,200
[bystander] And
we still came out.
961
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,240
[Anthony Mackie]
Nobody said, "Get ready."
962
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,640
I should have
asked more questions.
963
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:54,640
So, right here, right here.
964
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:59,080
Gardner's group hopes
to plant 30,000 trees and
965
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:03,360
33,000 grass plugs
along the central wetlands.
966
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:05,560
[Gardner Goodall] When
you think about the value
967
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,400
of wetlands, it
being nursery ground,
968
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,720
{\an8}this grass is gonna play
that role beautifully, right?
969
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:11,800
{\an8}It's gonna stop that
wave action on the shore,
970
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:15,640
provide vital habitat,
migratory birds, also fish
971
00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:18,640
and crabs coming here
using it for spawning grounds
972
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:20,040
as a nursery.
973
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,120
And, of course, it is
the last line of defense
974
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:23,760
against hurricane.
975
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:25,800
[Anthony Mackie] Get
your back in there, buddy.
976
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:28,400
[grunts]
977
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,320
It's the ultimate win-win.
978
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,680
We're protecting New Orleans
against flooding and restoring
979
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:40,000
habitat for all kinds
of valuable wildlife,
980
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,160
including bull sharks.
981
00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:43,960
I grew up in
these waters, you know,
982
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,880
and to see the coastal
erosion and where it was and
983
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,200
where it is now,
just in my lifetime is,
984
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,000
is really substantial.
985
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,920
I want my sons to be able to
come out here and be able to
986
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,240
enjoy this area the way I did.
987
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:04,400
But it's amazing to see
how much work goes into
988
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,160
rectifying what we destroy.
989
00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:12,400
Have to make better decisions
to correct our bad decisions,
990
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,680
which is a good thing, right?
991
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,400
America deserves more Louisiana.
992
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,680
Like most fishermen,
sharks used to terrify me.
993
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,840
But now I see them in a new way.
994
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,640
{\an8}These apex predators are
crucial to the balance of life
995
00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:35,960
{\an8}in our oceans.
996
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:42,160
{\an8}To make a living here, our
fishing industry needs them.
997
00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:44,160
{\an8}And by working with scientists,
998
00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:47,040
{\an8}we can find new ways
to avoid conflict,
999
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:52,080
{\an8}protect our sharks and
restore our fragile coastline.
1000
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,520
{\an8}And that's the Louisiana I want.
1001
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,080
{\an8}[in French] Let the
good times roll, y'all!