The people can have the information they desire. Most good papers will be published. Scholar google is awesome. Papers will have a summary description so you know what you're getting.
It's not just the uni lecturers that can get this info, you can too. Papers from all countries can be published meaning you're not restricted to WA scientific papers
If someone disagrees then it is their desire to keep the masses in the dark.
Stuba will be using scholar to get some of his researched info.
If you can't get some papers through a uni try through work or just pay some $
Haven't checked spelling again stuba
hey soley went fishing offshore today, know what we caught? Yes Doggie bit like school, hope we don't have to do the cross country course or get caned for not doing our homework
Personally I think any money spent on research patrols towers pools and anything that enhances the beach is money well spent. It might not be the right solution but I suppose they are trying. The more people become involved the better. I must admit some of my comments have been reactive. Apparently there was confirmed sightings at Trigg and Scabs again today. Surely its the same group of tigers that has been hanging around?
haha what type of shark? hopefully for you a small brozie or gummie
Is it my phone or is something strange going on with some peoples avatars. Mine seems to have changed to mickpc's and his seems to have changed to jb shacks....?!!!
lets drop the shark discussions. If you want marine ecosystem information try scholar google. If you venture to the kite surf forum they are doing down winders from Lanno to Wedge and surfing (well sort of) all the offshore reefs and beaches along the way; while this forum rants about sharks like a bunch of old women.
Flame away.
Sad thing is, if it weren't for sharks, the seabreeze shortboards forum wouldn't even still be alive. Nothing else ever gets discussed except for people posting in the daily report section and red thumbing everyone who had a good sesh.
anyhoo:
cull order issued for Dunsborough, drum lines in the water and mixed feelings for me.
far king cross country, hated that!! 
This is what I don't get;
"Senior fisheries officials have previously made it clear that the capture/kill orders were being used as a last resort, when all other measures to protect members of the public had been exhausted."
So, closing the beach to swimmers isn't an option?
I can understand killing a shark that has chased swimmers/surfers in, circled people or is still posing an immediate threat to people in the water...but given that there risk can easily be avoided now, why go ahead with a kill order? There clearly isn't an imminent threat now.
Instead, they set baited lines that will only lure sharks towards the coast. Also, really, what are the chances that they will catch the exact shark(s) they are after? Dolphins are commonly caught on these kind of baited lines; how would the general beach goers react if that happened. If it did, I doubt the public would be informed.
Seems to me that if you have been made aware of a shark in the area for some time, and no one has been immediately threatened by it, then a kill order is over the top.
EDIT: Even the report prepared for the Dept. of Fisheries recommends against it:
"Due to the environmental impacts of shark control activities, it is not recommended that either shark
nets of drum-lines be introduced into Western Australia. "
I'm not familiar with the actual drum line setup they use here, but ones have been developed that send out an alert when an animal has been hooked.
IF we had those then we could set the drum lines, attempt to free by catch, and even get a good opportunity to tag the White Sharks and then attempt to drive them out of the area.
Setting baited hooks and just waiting to see what happens isn't going to really be all that effective at protecting swimmers in the long run and just, in my opinion, represents a wasted opportunity and is potentially destructive in the process.
Well we cant winge about the government not doing anything anymore. Lucky we can still winge about what they are doing. Hopefully this action will spread to other areas populated by humans that use the ocean and require protection.
Tony Capuletti?? from fisheries was on the radio this morning explaining the kill order. The justification given was that a group of Whites have been hanging in close off unpatrolled beaches in the northern capes region and due to the fact that the beaches are unpatrolled and heavily utilised, authorities are unable to clear the water when the shark(s) are a threat.
I have no problem with knocking a couple on the head as long as the carcase is put to good use and studied.
And once again the shark in question was quoted as being in the 3-4m size range.....
maybe I'm not the only one who thinks we may have a "problem" shark?
Suba, the man with a spear gun in his left hand and a bow in his right hand, shouting conservation and animal cruelty.
RBL, the man with an IQ lower than his age, shouting typically pointless rubbish and failing to contribute to any discussions on seabreeze.
Scuba, surely u can see that u may appear hypocritical???
If you can't then maybe you're throwing stones in glass houses re IQ
I'm over the shark topic so stop blowing your own trumpet.
Just yesterday were you not having a sook about people not playing nice? [}:)]
No you're right. We should all just be like RBL and contribute little one sentence pieces of dribble that are neither coherent nor relevant.
