Quote Originally Posted by Papa Bear View Post
Not always and just the more curious, but there still is no association with us! Stand by what I said! I have seen sharks show up just because there was a boat and I have not seen them in the same place the next time, otherwise chum would only be required for a little while not the 20 years they have been doing it!
Yes, always. That is why some outfits do "shark dives" on those sites without doing "feeding" dives. They can guarantee their customers will see sharks because the sharks are so conditioned they ALWAYS begin circling when the boat arrives. They continue to do so at least until the boat leaves!

You say that you "stand by what you said", which was that if conditioning were the case "sharks would show up with just the boat showing up and they don't!". Then you agree "Not always and just the more curious", and I know that they always do. The case I'm making is that right or wrong, the feeding by humans conditions their behaviour, like it does in other species of animals on both land and sea all over the world. I don't think you can just dogmatically say otherwise when the evidence supports this fact. But I think the real discussion is what are the pros and cons of it? What are the safety concerns and how can they be mitigated? Does it increase the danger and is it to a level that is unacceptable?