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New tool can protect local divers from shark attacks

Published July 16, 2014 2:05PM UTC
Publisher Wholesale Investor
Categories Company Updates

Source: ABC Action News; Published: Tuesday, 15th July 2014

Shark Shield comes from a company that’s been based in Australia for the past dozen years but has recently set up shop in St. Petersburg.

“The bay area and the Gulf of Mexico has a lot of shark activity that we’ve seen increasing in the past three to five years, so there’s a demand for the product,” said Amanda Wilson, general manager of Shark Shield,

Shark Shield was a hit in Australia, where it was invented. Now Wilson hopes it will find users in the United States, where there is an active spear fishing community as well as commercial and leisure divers.

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