A good sharts a dead shart.

As you can see from the above pictures, it is called fishing,

that's what people do,
we are people too,
me and even you,
It's something we should do,
Kill a shark or two,

Now go have your poo poo

Those pictures absolutely sicken and disgust me.

I'm ashamed to be part of the same race that can condone such cruelty

Yeah that is pretty sick dude. Check yourself.

Same old typical knee jerk reactions from people with dodgy moral compass’s! You won’t listen to the science (let alone read it) so I won’t bother to dig out the papers but if you can be bothered to do some research you will find the following facts:
- It’s biologicaly impossible for GW’s have a population explosion.
- There are approx. 800 breeding size individuals making up the South to West Australian GW population, this number is critically low to sustain genetic diversity (which is why the EPA knocked back the drum line policy).
- GW’s are already fished down by commercial fisheries, especially tuna farms. It’s not reported but it’s happening.
- It is not possible to “engineer” the ocean environment, reducing the numbers of one species has unpredictable consequences (especially apex predators), most likely not good.

Sure you can kill some sharks but the risk of being bitten is already so low and random that it will have a negligible impact. GW’s are nomadic and can average 95km per day so unless you kill every single one then there will always be a chance of an encounter.
In all likely-hood GW’s come close to ocean users every single day but they don’t bite because they identify that we’re not food. On the rare occasion they do make a mistake and take a bite which sadly has dire consequences for humans. You don’t have to be a scientist or even slightly clever to realise that if we were on the menu people would be taken on a daily basis.

For the record I was at the Cottesloe protests. Sure there were some Greenie activists there, but they were in a very small minority. The vast majority of the 6K plus people at the protests were everyday people taking a stand against stupidity. They included surfers, divers and lots of families that use the ocean and value it as it is. The idea that these people wouldn’t get in the ocean is pretty stupid as is the idea that the protest should’ve taken place in the ocean, because that’s really practical?

Since Sept 2014 I’ve been living on a sail boat with the family cruising the Caribbean and made it a mission to learn more about sharks. I spend many hours in the water every day and when we’re in the right locations (in sharky spots away from other boats) we chum for sharks. We have now had hundreds of hours in the water (usually free diving) with various species including Tigers, Bulls, Great Hammers and a bunch of others. I have learnt a lot about shark behaviour and feel very comfortable with any of these sharks in the right conditions. I also have a lot of respect for their potential and would not get in the water with them in the wrong conditions.
I have no experience with GW’s but their potential is obvious so there is no way I would be getting in the water in conditions where I could have a negative interaction with one, these include fish aggregations and fishing activities.
I think cray pots are a massive issue, they are basically a chum box and certainly attract sharks to have a sniff around, the latest craze of beach shark fishing is also undoubtably responsible for bringing more sharks in close to our beaches. The beach where Ben Gerring was bitten is a popular shark fishing beach and there were people fishing right next to where the diver was bitten off Mindarie, these are almost certainly contributing factors.
In the Bahamas there are plenty of sharks but you almost never see them, until you spear a fish…the sound of a struggling fish brings them in like you wouldn’t believe and they are very very switched on. Point is there are a bunch of factors that determine when a shark makes the decision to hunt. We can’t control all of them but some we can plus we can take the extra step of using personal shark repellant technology (shark shield, surf safe ect) which absolutely works (no-one has ever been bitten with a functioning shark shield on). Why divers and surfers who choose to be in the water at this time of year don’t use them is totally beyond me.

I find it appalling that some people think it’s ok to “sanitise” the ocean for their use as a play pen, luckily the vast majority agree and are anti culling. For some true heroic perspective have a read of Ben Gerring’s dad’s comments, a true ocean user and lover.
www.heraldsun.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes

Some people clearly don't get the ocean and have no respect for what a special place it is, they should just stay out and take their ego driven personalities to other pursuits that can be conducted in a nice safe, controlled environment.

There's the problem, Gradient. You require "slightly clever" to see the obvious.

Im from the U.S.East coast Carolina's to be exact.Their reporting a huge population explosion of Whites on the Atlantic seaboard. Many run-ins with Whites but no attacks other than a minor bite a few years back in the Northeast. What I'm trying to figure out is it seems the GW population of Australia is much more aggressive towards humans with a much higher fatality rate than most around the world. I know with the growth here on the East coast it could be anytime that problems start here but none yet. Just makes me wonder if the DNA is a little different in GWs throughout the world as far as aggression in sharks goes.

The population off the southern U.S. is more off a Fish, Whale , Dolphin diet. The Northeast U.S. has a growing Seal population but not the South. We have a murkier surf on the East which may keep the Whites out because of visibility I suppose.

My fav is the one in the ute closly followed by the one on the A frame them pictures are awsome, notice on just about all the pics the dead sharks are happy . Great to see the sea shepard there preserving human life

Those photos are crap. That isn't fishing for food. That's fishing for fun, to catch the biggest. Shows real big balls...It's in the same bag as trophy hunting. Real tough guys...
Still wonder how many of you pro kill guys have purchased a surfsafe or similar? Or you all too lazy to be proactive, just want the simple outdated solution?

I know a few shark fisherman

They all practice catch and release, except the little tasty ones.

The days of hanging up a shark or any fish to verify a catch are long gone. It is very frowned upon amongst serious fishers.

Allow people to fish for whites and maybe the whites will gain a healthy apprehension for boats and people, it will be good for them and us.

The way it is now they associate boats and people with food, if people really care for the whites they would want to change that.

The Not Funny images thread.