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The 1975 blockbuster Jaws turned sharks from fish to movie monsters, experts say

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In 1974 , Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws spent 42 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.

The 1975 blockbuster made $260 million during its original release, equivalent to almost $1.5 billion today .

The movie also perpetuates the idea, first proposed in the 1950s , of a “rogue shark”.

In 2016 , 72 shark fishing tournaments were registered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries for pelagic sharks (sharks living in open waters) in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean , Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea .

In 2023 , that number had dropped to 14 ..

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