Online images of sharks killed in Mediterranean waters, like this 2012 photo with a Turkish fishmonger, motivated MIT-WHOI graduate student Derya Akkaynak to kindle a public information effort to help conserve sharks.

Online images of sharks killed in Mediterranean waters, like this 2012 photo with a Turkish fishmonger, motivated MIT-WHOI graduate student Derya Akkaynak to kindle a public information effort to help conserve sharks.