How have human predators proven to be a threat to the Architeuthis dux?

The menace created by the giant squid is a natural response to what humans have done to the ocean. Overfishing and pollution have ravaged the giant squids' feeding grounds; its move into human territory may be likened to that of mountain lions moving into suburbia in California or the movement of other predatory species such as coyotes and owls into urban areas through much of the western United States. They need to eat, and what remains of their natural hunting grounds has too little food to support them. Underlying much of the action is the idea that the human deaths could be prevented if people would treat nature with respect; the ocean's resources should be better managed and its creatures should be respected as both valuable resources and as dangerous animals.