2025 Ed Ricketts Memorial Award and Lecture: Searching for Lost Sharks

December 10, 2025

The 2025 Ricketts Award recipient Dr. David A. Ebert (Pacific Shark Research Center / Moss Landing Marine Laboratories / San Jose State University) is known as the Lost Shark Guy for spearheading a global effort to find and discover little-known and unknown sharks. Dr. Ebert will provide a presentation on how the movie "Jaws" gave birth to the modern field of shark science, conservation, and education.

The Ed Ricketts Memorial Award was created to honor scientists who have exhibited exemplary work throughout their career and advanced knowledge, appreciation, conservation and/or protection of the marine environment. Recipients are selected by the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activity Panel.

For lecture abstract and history of the Ed Ricketts Memorial Award, please visit this website.