the shark wanted to attack me - but it did not, it was not interested in me. This was at Port Douglas in the area inside the reef where the water would only be 4 or 5 mt deep, over the reef where the water botytom can't even be seen I only ever went once, and that was enough, I would never go back in that side as you just can't see the bottom it's so far down, anything could be down there and you would never know if it came up at you from off the bottom, like you see in the 'movies' and take you out of the water with them, the shock alone would stop your heart beat. no, when diving I will stay in the shallow water, that way they have to come more or less at me at my level and there is a 2O% chance I will see them first. deepwater A big YES for giving the hooks back to the profisherman that would make afue dollars off the meat and the fins ,ever since they took the hooks off of them the skarks have been a problem Yes we have a shark problem from the top off australia to the bottom of Oz ,i think there is between 15 other breads of shark that also EAT people not just the whites ,where do we stop at which one to kill next ,i live in Exmouth and have seen a white here ,i have