OK, saw on the news that Perth surfers are upset that fisheries didn't warn them of sharks setting off monitoring stations near Cottesloe.
WTF ?? Do you want them to ring you up and tell you ??
Shout out to Laurie / Admins, is there any way of getting a data feed from these monitoring stations iinto SEABREEZE ??http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Education-and-Partnerships/Shark-Hazard/Shark%20research/Pages/Extension-of-the-shark-monitoring-network.aspx
That would be a GOOD service to provide, waves, wind, weather, and shark activity (check before you go)
I couldn't find a page that shows activity, but I didn't search for long.
I did, however, email fisheries and ask them if there is, or if they are planning, such a service.
I agree, however what i disagree with is why fisheries won't divulge whether or not it was only 1 tagged shark that was setting off the receivers or if it was several tagged sharks.
Why the f#ck wouldn't they give out this information?!?!?!
I know i'd like to know if there's just 1 hanging around or there are several...
^^ Unforunatly I think it will take another attack for the gov to do something, eg more sonic taging etc.
We havnt had the same amount of whale beachings like last year either..
I used to have shark alarm on facebook but deleted it because I found I wasnt surfing as much. Psyched my self out by a stupid phone, who would have thought...
Guys, they live in the ocean, not much we can do about it. Move on...relax, do what you love... go surfing
it would be good to have the sightings/alerts posted on seabreeze for those [incl me] not on twitter/facebook. could be an interesting graph???
Agreed, drive safely. Every year a new safety gadget comes out on new cars; reversing cameras, sensors etc, do you go out and buy a new car to have these features ??? No, we continue to drive safely as we have always done.
Soon the tech will be there to satellite monitor in real time on our water proof phones. Are we going to sit out the back checking for sharks. I know I'm not.
Drive safely
Who actually cares about sharks? You get munched you get munched.. its a game of Russian roulette. you can use sharkalarm.com.au but I found It did no justice it just tells you were they were spotted. Yea it is good that people report them and in wich case many times after a days surfing I got out to check the activity and there was one only a km away.. I didn't see it.. I had a good surf.. and a wonderful day. My opinion is just get out there and don't worry bout them, if one nails ya ya wont even know. It will most prob bite you in half and youlle bleed out in minutes anyway. I wish there was more of them and that people report them, that way it will keep the retards out the water. My advice grow a pair, roll the dice and tell your family you love them before you go surfing.
I heard the receivers were just data loggers and had to be retrieved to download the info.
On the other hand coming from a small tourism town reports of sharks or jellyfish can reduce tourism numbers pretty quick.
Grow a set and play roulette with them if you want Dickodee. I would rather know if sharks are around so I can avoid the bastards.
WTF...Even WA dolphins have anger issues...
www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/1643612/no-dolphins-arent-so-armless-after-all/?cs=2452
Quote Though he hasn’t been keen to surf since the incident about four weeks ago and had to have time off from his job at a local supermarket because of the pain, Troy said he feels lucky the situation wasn’t worse."
Are you serous. He hasn't been for a surf because he just had major surgery on his arm, and arms are important when surfing
Scary stuff and it shows the dangers of surfing..On his own and lucky really
We should just be grateful that there hasn't been a SHARKNADO!!
I think the sensitivity about putting the data from the loggers "out there" is the pushback from the industries that will be hurt by having everyone too scared to go near the ocean, eg. tourist, surf, scuba, etc...(recent comments from a dive operator regarding the new wetsuits being developed, and how quiet the dive indusrty has been) ??
The other side of the coin (in the case worst scanario of a fatality) would be the family of a victim suing Fisheries for NOT putting the data out there, which may have disuaded the victim from swimming, surfing, diving, at that location had they known.
Now, don't get me wrong on the above point, as far as I'm concerned, it's individual choices and individaul responsibility (I hate the "blame" mentality of our society these days).
With regard to scuba, I know that there has been year on year growth in the polularity of scuba divingin W.A. up about 2008 / 9, when we had two factors, 1) GFC, and 2) Increated shark activity.
I've had mates just stop fiving altogether, "yeah, I've written this season off, lets wait and see for next year" was one comment.
As for me, it's business as usual, but it would be good to have easy access to the data at hand, right ?
Anyhoo, time for brekky and a surf check !!
onehappysquid.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/truth-first-casualty-of-great-white-shark-feeding-frenzy/
I read this just now and I think it is a great peace. It is how I feel about the total shark situation and I just wanted to share