A TOUR boat operator said yesterday tourists and visitors assume risk when they snorkel, adding despite increased shark incidents the industry will survive.

As he agreed it should be mandatory that every boat has basic medical equipment and medication, Stafford Missick, owner of 4 Winds Tours, said many appreciate that once they enter the water there are ramifications attached to swimming among wild animals.

He, along with two other tour companies, said while attacks appear to be happening more frequently there had been no fall off in revenue.

This comes as the family of the American woman killed in a shark attack while swimming off Rose Island in June has claimed the tour company had no basic medical supplies and did nothing to attempt to save the college student's life.

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