Answering of demographic questions is completely voluntary and will only be used for data purposes. Your personal information will not be shared, and is purely for research purposes. 

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* 1. What is your ethnicity (ex. Chamorro, Caucasian, etc)?

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* 2. What is your place of residence (ex. Guam, Chuuk)?

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* 3. Please list your age group

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* 4. What is your gender?

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* 5. What is the highest level of education you have completed?

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* 6. Do you participate in any water activities around Guam? If so, please indicate which of the following:

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* 7. How often do you participate in ocean-related activities?

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* 8. How long have you been participating in ocean-related activities?

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* 9. Where have you received most of your education about sharks and/or the ocean? 

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* 10. Have you ever encountered a wild shark in Guam’s waters? Would you consider this interaction positive, negative, or neither? Please explain

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* 11. Do you think over the past 100 years shark populations around Guam have declined or increased? What about populations worldwide?

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* 12. How many shark species (types) do you believe exist worldwide today? How many shark species do you believe exist in Guam’s waters?

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* 13. Do you consider yourself afraid of sharks/interacting with sharks? Explain why or why not 

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* 14. What do you think are the biggest threats to sharks? You can choose multiple answers

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* 15. Do you think sharks play an important role in the ocean?

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* 16. Is shark finning illegal in Guam’s waters? What about shark fishing?

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* 17. Do you know the difference between shark fishing and shark finning?

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* 18. Do you believe sharks should be protected by law? If so, what level of protection would you like to see (ban on shark fishing, establishing marine preserves, etc.). If not, please state why.

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* 19. Have you consumed shark meat or purchased any shark products (cartilage, shark supplements, shark jaws/teeth)? If so, was this provided by a business or a personal connection (friend, neighbor, coworker)?

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* 20. Do you know what a marine protected area is? If so, do you believe marine protected areas are important to shark conservation? Why or why not?

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* 21. Are you for or against the formation of marine preserves? Why?

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* 22. Would you say that local attitudes towards ocean conservation are negative or positive? Why?

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* 23. What do you believe are the biggest threats to Guam’s marine environment? Please rank the following from 1 to 10 (10 being the smallest threat and 1 being the biggest threat)

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* 24. Do you feel any personal responsibility to protect Guam’s marine environment? Why or why not?

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* 25. If given the opportunity, would you be interested in participating in conservation efforts for sharks and/or Guam’s marine environment?

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