And you all pointed out that the shark attacks are rare. Can you attribute any of these attacks that are close to shore of which sharks are swimming there because of a change of the environment that you mentioned?

We need to do something.

Yes, eventually this is going to have very serious ramifications for these shark populations that we are trying to rebuild through good fisheries management.

Well, Mr. Chairman, you definitely taught me something. I did not know that South Dakota had sharks.

The reality is that the chances of an encounter with a shark are very low.

Believe it or not, some people pay money to swim with sharks.

As you know, we are having discharges of nutrient-laden water that in our fresh water is causing algae blooms, and those algae blooms are going on out to salt water.

The phenomenon out in the Gulf of red tide--is that affecting sharks?

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