Great White Shark Cage Dive

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Oh holy fresh H-E-Double hockey sticks!Is this you?
 

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Nice, who pushed the shark out with his foot? Glad to see you got to have your own Shark Week. LOL Very cool, slightly jealous for sure.

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Those whites really want the food in those cages.One day they will get it too.
 

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It was the Captain that pushed him out. Thanks. It was an AWESOME trip. Unfortunately, I'm now back in New Jersey diving in denial (if I can't see them they don't exist right?)
 

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They caught one this spring at St. John's Pass (south of Tampa where I do most of my diving). I'm pretty sure they don't exist here either. Just try to NOT look like a seal and you'll be fine. :-)
 

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The only good shark is a dead shark.Protected or not the stand your ground law here in florida applies to man or beast.
 

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Over the past few years they have tagged a bunch of them off Cape Cod. The satellite data shows that they migrate down to Florida in the winter. They even have an app where you can track them. Good thing they don't stop in NJ!
 

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White sharks are pretty much everywhere at some time.In case you don't think they are, take a look at OCEARCH
Hammerheads, bull sharks, tigers...oh my. The more you know about sharks, the better off you are.
Personally, as a diver, I don't like cage diving, shark feeding shows or any other activity that makes sharks (or wolves or mt lions or bears for that matter) lose their fear of humans and begin to relate people with food.
 

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Thanks for that link Ropefish, that is a nice application they have developed. It is amazing to see the tracks of these sharks and just how far they travel. Great stuff!
 

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I agree ropesfish. In Hatchet Bay Eleuthera they used to dump the scraps from the chicken slaughter house over on the ocean side the sharks would come in right on time and hit anything in the water . Nobody even thought of swimming with them. Not an association with people giving food just a trained response to food being ther at a certain time..no menu all in the water considered food
 

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I appreciate your point. To start, I would say that white sharks never have, and never will fear humans. I respect your opinion, but I feel that the educational benefits regarding shark preservation far outweigh any risk of sharks associating food with humans. I would be far more concerned with the booming seal populations on the East Coast of the US. I see that eventually leading to more sharks and attacks.
 

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