the fishermen took his chances going swimming that a random freeswimming shark might bite him. But he didn’t take the risk of some fisherdudes who were fighting witha hooked shark would allow their fishing to intersect with his swim path. Clearly the fishermen had a better vantage point to recognize the impending danger from the higher point of the pier.
no more pier fishing unless there is a pier monitor/cop who is financed by pier fishing fees. or the city can get insurance for this kind of crap.