SHARKWATER Exhibition - International Fishing Hall of Fame July 31, 2008

The IGFA Journeys Theatre is hosting the award-winning documentary Sharkwater at selected showtimes. An interactive and educational exhibition based around shark conservation will be featured in the Museum's Changing Gallery. A monthly lecture series featuring local and national shark experts is also scheduled.

Sharkwater is filmed in visually stunning, high definition video. Filmmaker, Rob Stewart takes viewers into the most shark-rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and Galapagos Islands.

Sharkwater began as an underwater adventure but turned into a beautiful and dangerous journey into the balance of life on earth.

Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters, and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.

In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, that force them to flee for their lives.

Through it all, Stewart discovers how 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.

Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.

The Essentials Event: International Fishing Hall of Fame Sharkwater; the Film & Exhibition

When: This exhibit will be available through September, 2008.

Full-length 90-minute documentary began October 21, 2007, shown daily at 3:30pm. Saturdays at 10:15am, 12:00pm, 1:45pm, 3:30pm And Sundays at 12:00pm, 1:45pm, 3:30pm.

Bonus: "The making of" is now playing in a tv in the museum lobby

Lecture Dates: TBD - Check back for lecture date
Dr. Jose Castro - Mote Marine Laboratory

Educational Opportunities:
A Sharkwater lab program has been developed where students assess their existing knowledge about sharks and identify what is fact or fiction (for grades K-12).

A fun and educational scavenger hunt for children and adults to complete during their visit.

Ideas for teachers & parents to do back in their classroom or at home.

Got to IGFA site for all details: Other websites that provide shark information and education. Dr. Jose I. Castro

The International Fishing Hall of Fame is open Monday thru Saturdays from 10:00am - 6:00 pm and 12:00am - 6:00pm on Sundays. is free to IGFA members. Guest fees are $6 for adults and $5 for seniors and children ages 3 - 16.

Where: International Fishing Hall of Fame
For more information: http://www.sharkwater.com
Find more information: http://www.igfa.org/sharkwaterlab.asp

Official Website: http://www.igfa.org/