With a splash, the bloody fish chunks in Johnny Matthews’ white, rusty crate sink into the royal blue waters offshore of Jupiter.
It’s not long before several light gray figures materialize from the depths, their triangular fins slicing through the surface. Matthews gives the signal and his charter boat load of tourists equipped with snorkel gear and fins jump into the ocean, ready to get up close and personal with what they paid to see: sharks.
But the days of chumming to attract the marine animals could be coming to an end off Florida’s coast…