Safe
shark diving is good for tourism; a live shark can be worth "tens
of thousands of dollars" compared to the "hundreds"
that can be made by selling its fins.
With
that in mind an enterprising team of industry experts have created
the world's first educational dockside shark diving site on the small
island of Bimini, Bahamas to help dispel myths and misconceptions of
sharks.
Bimini
Bull Run is headquartered at the Bimini Big Game Club, a 30 minute
flight from the South Florida and a legendary outpost for fishermen,
host to numerous major sport
fishingtournaments for more than half a century.
At this marina Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) have regularly
visited since the time Hemmingway called Big Game home looking for
fresh fish scraps from cleaning tables.
A
spokesperson for the site said: "We're very excited to be able
to offer one day guaranteed shark encounters with this completely
unique and misunderstood shark species. Sharks are under siege around
the world and we have found that positive encounters with sharks
change attitudes and mind sets allowing for the continued
preservation of these animals in ways that negative encounters cannot
accomplish and for us safety is key. We built a large infrastructure
to keep sharks and people safe, it's a completely new operation that
allows divers, non divers, and film and TV productions a unique place
to encounter them in their natural habitat."
Bimini
Bull Run is a commercial concept endorsed and supported by the
Shark-Free Marinas Initiative and the Bahamas Film Commission. Bimini
Bull Runs specially designed cage systems are attached to purpose
built docks that allow divers, non divers, filmmakers, and underwater
photographers access this unique and thrilling underwater
