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Thank you for your concerns and well-wishes; I’m fine, and so is the reef shark.

My wish is that this story be treated for what it is – a rare occurrence. Those of us who enjoy the natural world, assume a level of risk; we always have and we always will.

My concern is for the future of sharks. More than 100 million sharks are slaughtered in the barbaric practice of shark finning. A process in which the shark’s fins are hacked off, while the animal is still alive and left to bleed to death.

Shark populations have been severely depleted worldwide, many species by as much as 95 percent.

I’ve spent more than three decades of my life in the Bahamas with the sharks that I love. The Bahamas serves as a shining example of how countries can protect sharks and marine ecosystems. I’m hopeful that the rest of the world will soon follow the brilliant foresight of the Bahamas.

Today’s minor incident will not deter me from pursuing my mission to help protect these beautiful animals that are so essential for the health of our oceans.

I remain dedicated to the promotion and establishment of marine reserves for these creatures and all marine life.

Thank you again for your concerns and well wishes.

Jan 12: This evening we boarded guests from all over the world once again. I was delighted to see so many repeat guests that have become wonderful friends of mine. Not many businesses have the pleasure of getting to know the customers as well as I do. The number of truly incredible individuals that have become great friends is incredible. This makes the week even more unique! After a delicious dinner we crossed the gulf stream in very calm conditions.

Jan 13: We started the day off by diving at a beautiful site called Hammer Time! Here we had the pleasure of five tigers, thirty lemons, one nurse sharks and countless reef sharks grace our images and video.

Jan 14: Today we tried our luck at Tiger Beach. This section we call Classic Tiger Beach. It is where I first started calling this area Tiger Beach. The beautiful whit sand with the bright sunlight and the same sharks plus a couple more tigers provided a fantastic backdrop as well as countless opportunities!

Jan 15: This morning we went back to a reef called Ginormous. With even more sharks visiting us at every opportunity the guests were over run with photographic opportunities. After lunch we moved to a section of Tiger Beach we call Cornfield West. A gorgeous Great Hammerhead joined the other sharks at the very beginning of the first dive. Some of the group did a night dive as well where we had at least several visits by tiger sharks although it took a while for them to get comfortable with our lights.

Jan 16: Today we dove a spot called “The End of the Map” Within 30 minutes we had a gorgeous Great Hammerhead and a dozen bull sharks. Very soon after that another great hammerhead and a tiger shark joined in as well! Please watch the high definition video below to see the images and video which were all captured during this trip except the closing images which is to let everyone know where to go to get photographic opportunities like this!

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