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> Better is "There have been x reports of sharks attacking y divers on x-z
> scooters. In a retrospective study of survivors, attacks were more likely
> to occur when the DPV had a big picture of a fish on it; when the diver
> was wearing black; when the viz was less than 4' and when the diver went
> Nyaaaah at the shark" If you want to reduce your risk consider eliminating
> those risk factors that are convenient. The International Shark Attack
> File might give us those numbers. We'll see.

I guess what I've been trying to say is that the numbers are so friggin' 
small, they probably won't tell us anything (especially, as you pointed 
out in your letter to ISAF, if we don't have the denominators).  I think 
this is one of those situations where the fishermen's wisdom exceeds the 
scientists' knowledge.

Rich

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