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Brother Islands closed due to shark incidents

Popular dive site in Egypt – Brothers Islands has been temporarily closed to divers. The reason is repeated incidents involving sharks. The ban is in force from 7 to 31 December 2018. Everything was announced by the Chamber of Diving and Watersports (CDWS). It is suspected that the incidents on the Friars Islands are due

ByTomasz Andrukajtis

Published: December 7, 2018 - 18:00

Updated: July 22, 2023 - 17:36

Brother Islands closed due to shark incidents

Popular dive site in Egypt – Brothers Islands has been temporarily closed to divers. The reason is repeated incidents involving sharks. The ban is in force from 7 to 31 December 2018. Everything was announced by the Chamber of Diving and Watersports (CDWS).

It is suspected that the incidents on the Friars Islands are due to excessive human activity in the area. The ban, and the subsequent calm in the surrounding waters, should result in a return to normal behaviour by the underwater inhabitants.

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There are many factors that can lead to abnormal behaviour in sharks. These include too many boats and divers, illegal fishing, and shark feeding time. By providing more calm, local authorities hope to restore the predators’ natural behaviour.

The sharks will be closely monitored in the coming period. The December rest period is also to be used to devise measures to prevent such incidents in the future.

Source: divers-guide.com
Photo: Alexander Vasenin/wikipedia CC 3.0

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Tomasz Andrukajtis

Editor-in-chief of the DIVERS24 portal and magazine. Responsible for obtaining, translating and developing content. He also supervises all publications. Achived his first diving certification – P1 CMAS, in 2000. Has a degree in journalism and social communication. In the diving industry since 2008.