Dave began noticing the behavioral change as dive tour operators began feeding, conditioning, and congregating sharks near popular dive sites and our beaches. Shark encounters started to become a daily occurrence. Each encounter seemed to become more aggressive and dangerous. Dave discussed the problem with long time friend and dive buddy Bob Dimond. We decided to ask the feeders to "cool it" but it had little affect. Bob and Dave contacted Stephen Picardi who had already begun to publicly question the wisdom of feeding dives. We decided that we must go to the state and ask them to ban shark and fish feeding in all Florida waters. The Marine Safety Group was born.