Amy Williams, former president of Alliance for a Living Ocean, will discuss “Ocean Hazards: Sharks vs Rip Currents” onFriday, Aug. 9, at 10:30 a.m. at the Stafford branch of the Ocean County Library in Manahawkin.

A post-doctoral associate atStevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken and a coastal ecology extension agent of theN.J. Sea Grant Consortium, Williams saidthe movie”Jaws” spread the notion that sharks are often man-eating creatures.