[Member-Forum] PC 2014 - PSUBS Convention 2014

[Joe Perkel]

Alan,<br/><br/>Some interesting behavior observations here. It seems to me that you were filming midwater with your companions mostly in contact with the bottom. As a result, the shark seems to approach you closer below than laterally to your dive buddies, giving them a wider berth and you a better shot. Looks like a female, I didn't see claspers? I did note you kicking away on your back a bit at one point to open some distance.<br/><br/>It looks like she's taking a non-aggressive casual swim through looking for handouts while staying close to the bottom. Several more are visible in the fringes. Was it the same individual making several passes? Also, what was dangling a collection bag, feed, or chum?<br/><br/>We're making quite the impact on nature, I've had sharks pass by with no indication that they were the least bit interested, but this looks like repetitive behavior. I read recently that Red Sea reefs have taken up to 50% damage in the past decade
 due to tourist sport diving, that's astonishing!<br/><br/>Perhaps as divers we should start to boycott operations that manipulate behaviors, and don't use moorings. Insist more upon one another a midwater "image without contact" approach like you demonstrate here. Start talking about these issues in blogs and forums in order to force a more "Green"approach to commerce upon the sport dive industry.<br/><br/>Joe
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