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Anyone seen this?
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:38 am
by JJShaw
I hope I not speaking out of place here...but has anyone seen this..or know anything about it? Were these photos taken on STJ?
http://no-see-um.blogspot.com/search/la ... g%20sharks
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:52 pm
by msgcolleen
Yikes! Hope not!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:42 pm
by PSUWethr
I thought that there were pretty big sharks (5 foot) in Coral Bay and not Cruz Bay. Could be worng though. Either way, would not want to meet one of those guys while snorkeling!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:51 pm
by Anthony
I had a good friend who was a fisherman on St. Thomas - if you are out sport fishing, in deep water, tuna and wahoo fishing, etc. these things are out there. And unfortunately a lot of fisherman do kill sharks, especially if they are in the way of their cash fishing operations...
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:03 pm
by liamsaunt
Yes I am pretty sure that these photos are related to a new (I think) St. John-based fish charter service called Shark Bites or something like that. They are tiger sharks and they are definitely present in the deep waters--not where you would be snorkeling, not to worry!
Personally I do not understand why people would want to fish for these sharks--you cannot eat them, so why not leave them alone?
Aha, a google search led to a brief article about this company's practices:
http://www.sharkdiver.com/blog/45-indus ... gets-worse
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:10 pm
by Pia
Yes I think most people here are upset that they are killing them for no reason - they are out "in the deep" so to speak and pose no threat to snorkelers along the shoreline of St John (at least not at this time)
Pia
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:21 pm
by PA Girl
I saw a link about this on another site a couple of weeks ago but I can't remember which site. It disturbs me.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:39 pm
by Pia
It disturbs you because they are killing them needlessly or because there are sharks in the ocean off St John ?
Pia
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:50 pm
by PA Girl
Pia wrote:It disturbs you because they are killing them needlessly or because there are sharks in the ocean off St John ?
Pia
The senseless killing.
I am a tiny bit bothered by the thought of the sharks in the ocean but, like my fear of snakes and rogue waves, I realize it is an irrational fear.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:59 pm
by Coden
I am totally disgusted that these precious creatures are being murdered. Why do this???
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:57 pm
by bdkane
It seems TOTALLY senseless to kill them for no reason, or just to make a buck.
It is my understanding that sharks are fairly intelligent creatures(at least that what animal planet tells me) I would be concerned that these generally harmless Tiger sharks get pissed off watching their buddies getting killed and turn from "hunted into hunter" "and go and hunt somebody down..."
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:06 am
by California Girl
Sickening!