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Following a recent shark attack where a Port Lincoln local lad lost part of his leg the media are reporting tonight on Abc 7.30 that most believe that baiting and feeding the Great Whites for tourisim is increasing the shark attack risks what do you guys think? There are some Facebook groups ban the burley and ban shark cage diving which seem to hate this tourism . The shark siteing seem to much more common now and the shark boats a reporting feeding up to 10 sharks a day ..this seems un natural?
Usually as a newcomer to a forum it is best to take the path of least resistance and rather than open a new topic on a controversial subject (which may I say is best fitted for the heavy weather section, which you wouldn't have access to). Try commenting on a positive note to a few posts, provide a bit of personal experience and maybe even advice. We are a community that gets to know the regulars and this helps when contributing to a forum.
Spam maybe????
A controversial first post maybe. But I don't see any requirement to pussy foot aroun for any length of time. But you're probably right. This topic will end up in HW..
As for the question of the OP. I think YES, but I have zero proof or experience to back up this opinion.
If you are new and post a thread to the general forum and it gets moved to heavy weather, can you still view it?
MODS? What's the answer?
The idea of throwing berley into the water, dropping a few humans, wrapped up to look like a seal, into a cage & then NOT expecting GWS to associate seals & crew in wetsuits is utter madness IMO.
Granted it's kind of hard to interview a GWS, but from a "common sense" approach, it just fails by a million km's in my book.
agree with scooby on this one ,,,ban the cage diving for tourism,,what a joke,,,got no respect for anyone who thinks they are special for diving with a white pointer from within a cage
Extreme sports like Base jumping. flying through air in a Sky Suit really gets the participants' heart thumping at 300 beats/minute. Shark-cage diving is not extreme enough and it is for the pussies. I reckon they should dive "OUTSIDE" the cage, with fish heads and animal guts attached to their bodies.
To extreme? Too foolish to do so? Not safe? Well, don't bloody well bait the sharks then.
^ rules have changed. New crew can't access HW. Not that that's a bad thing.
As for sharks- ban the cage diving. My dog associates rope with tug of war and aggression. So why wouldn't s shark associate divers as food.
www.abc.net.au/7.30/blood-and-bait-in-the-water-divides-town-over/6447474
A good outline of activities..
I wish the media would ask someone other than a shark cage diving operator what they think on cage diving
Maybe this guy
Who ever he is he must be one of the worlds leading shark trainers, but where is his little bucket of fish to get them to do the tricks ?
To play devil's advocate, you could also easily argue that baiting them discourages attack, as they get to know humans as providers of food, rather than THE food itself.
Look at places like Guadalupe with the whites, and Bimini beach with the tigers - both apex species, and both very safe to free dive with due to the fact that they've done what's described above. How did they become semi-tame? Via the cage industry.
I think the Shark Cage Diving Tours should offer another adventure experience to the adventurous ones. It will be diving outside the cage. It will be free...with conditions attached.
You pay a deposit equivalent to what you have to pay for the in-cage diving. If you survive, you will get all your money back. However, if you ...
Why cant we just leave the sharks alone. These guys are just stiring them up to make a dollar.
Cant believe we are back on this subject
