Courtesy Big Game Resort
Courtesy Big Game Resort
Courtesy Big Game Resort
Courtesy Big Game Resort
Courtesy Big Game Resort
Recent news that sharks are disappearing at a rate of 100 million a year globally has rocked the commercial shark-diving industry. Now more than ever, safe and educational shark-diving sites are needed and the Bahamas are ground zero for this growing industry trend.
Safe shark diving is good for tourism; a live shark can be worth “tens of thousands of dollars” compared to the “hundreds” that can be made by selling its fins. With that in mind, a team of industry experts have created an ducational dockside shark-diving site on the small island of Bimini, Bahamas, to help dispel myths and misconceptions of sharks.
Bimini Bull Run is headquartered at the Bimini Big Game Club, a 30-minute flight from South Florida and a legendary outpost for fishermen, and host to numerous major sport fishing tournaments for more than half a century. Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are regular visitors at the marina.
A spokesperson for the site said: "We're very excited to be able to offer one-day guaranteed shark encounters with this completely unique and misunderstood shark species. Sharks are under siege around the world and we have found that positive encounters with sharks change attitudes and mindsets allowing for the continued preservation of these animals in ways that negative encounters cannot accomplish and for us safety is key. We built a large infrastructure to keep sharks and people safe. It's a completely new operation that allows divers, nondivers, and film and TV productions a unique place to encounter them in their natural habitat."
Bimini Bull Run is endorsed and supported by the Shark-Free Marinas Initiative and the Bahamas Film Commission. Bimini Bull Runs specially designed cage systems are attached to purpose-built docks that allow divers, nondivers, filmmakers, and underwater photographers access this unique and thrilling underwater world.
Our goal is to educate, inspire, and share the world of the sharks with generations of divers and non-divers the world over to help preserve this precious resource for future generations.
For more information on Bimini Bull Run, visit www.Biminibullrun.com
