Sipadan. No more corals = no more sushi/sashimi.

[mrdohc]

I went on a SIMILAR dive in St. Maarten but it was only similar in that there were sharks around and there was food. Basically, 20 or so divers were overweighted and dropped in 65 feet of water and we all held onto cinder blocks in a semicircle surrounding a diver in the center with a box of fish parts and a long feeding rod. The sharks were black tip reefs and the biggest was about 6'. The guy would sit for a while with sharks buzzing him, then feed one (food on end of "long" pole) and then he would sit again. There were times when he interacted and touched the sharks but we were not allowed to move until we had to surface. He was not stupid enough to put a shark forcefully anywhere his face.

but why feed the shark? why feed the wild animal? will that jeopardize their ability to find food themselves

 

[ScubaSteve]

I have asked many people and been told no it does not. Could they be wrong? Sure. I have been told by others that it could jeopardize their ability to hunt. Could they be wrong? Sure. I do not personally believe that you can domesticate a shark so to think they will lose all natural occurring programming and instinct because of a spear fed meal. I am no shark specialist so this is simply my opinion based on nothing more than my thoughts.