Two weeks ago, I was with friends snorkeling offshore and photographing Oceanic Whitetip Sharks at the remote Cat Island in the Bahamas.
Jacques Cousteau once proclaimed Oceanic Whitetip Sharks were,
"the most dangerous of all sharks." He also nicknamed them, "the Long Hands" due to their notably long, white-tipped, rounded fins. While
there is no question they could inflict
some serious damage on a person, they were actually quite well behaved
during our time in the ocean with them offshore at Cat Island, Bahamas. A
truly magnificent shark whose numbers around the world are in sharp
decline. Like all sharks in the ocean, they need to be protected from
shark finning. This shark's particularly large long knives are highly
valued as the chief ingredient of shark fin soup. These apex ocean
predators belong offshore in the World's oceans, not at the bottom of an
Asian soup bowl.
Here are just a few photos that I captured.
