Couple of facts, crew moan about sharks
sharks keep 70% of people from surfing
surfers moan about volume of crew in the line up
no Sharks = more crew
Well obviously I'm stupid its a wonder I haven't been eaten by a shark .
Ive been up close & real personal a few times with big sharks & they scare me for sure especially when I think about its the one I dont see that's going to get me .
But your wrong bono .
The vast majority of shark attacks are in fairly shallow clear water in the middle of the day.
Its a myth about sunrise and sunset deep water and murky water so all your suggestions for stupid people put them in a higher risk situation.
So obviously we need a better solution.
Than that suggestion.
how can bono be wrong about Perth and QLD shark control? He's a mornington based architect expert. He has already decreed his opinion as fact. Can you not read?
For those that aren't mornington peninsula experts, drum lines differ to shark nets as they have little bycatch, and those that they do catch are often released alive. The only use a small amount of bait so only attract sharks that are very close. They also are effective at catching the bigger sharks which are the real issue.
The wiki link below shows where they were introduced into Brazil and resulted in a 97% reduction in shark attacks and the bycatch had quite a good survival rate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_line(shark_control)
I'm also wondering whether the solutions are different for different areas, maybe drumlines in open water areas (southern WA or NSW coastal areas) where there are big sharks might be more effective than in an enclosed area like an estuary. I've always had it in my head that for where I sail, a shark attack will be a "mistaken identity" issue, not me necessarily being targeted as food.
" It's often said one measure of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."
A bit like these shark threads .
Well the darling child of the so-called "smart drum lines" program in Australia has issues with a shark bypassing smart drum lines and attacking a surfer...
www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-07/ballina-beaches-close-after-shark-attack/10473248
Maybe the mullet we put within 300m of the beach was not enticing enough.
Here's something I hate. Journalists who report on recent shark attacks invariably bring Mick Fanning into the scenario with this stupid statement, He went into"Mick Fanning Mode". I'm positive the last thing that anyone would think to themselves as a giant set of razor sharp teeth are about to end it all for them is,
"What would Mick Fanning do in this situation?"
I had a close encounter with a big shark years ago and believe me, you can't think of anything other than the sound of your heartbeat pounding away in your head. Mick Fanning would definitely not be on your mind.
Indeed. The confected selfish moral outrage in the rabid anti-shark group is put into perspective when such information as this is provided.
They won't stop until the whole coastline of Australia is drum lined to the rafters and even if it was they'd still say we need more drum lines.
Dumb lines...
I am in the process of procuring a commercial shark quota for Western Australia.
I wanted 2000 units but this is a bit expensive and it is likely I will buy 12-1500 units.
I am looking forward to commercial fishing again
yes it is. You started it asking why anyone isn't whining about it
then you very first post after you get some responses is
when everyone in the fishing and tourism industry knows drums lines are totally ineffective at anything except killing sharks and other marine life.
The problem is not sharks, it's stupid people.
I suspect the political solution will involve more drum lines amongst other more effective and no doubt less talked about measures - but not because the Labor government thinks drum lines achieve anything other than to appease stupid voters who think they work.
You start a thread but you don't discuss anything even though ur just going off what you have seen in the news, you just use it as an opportunity to berate people with your self-proclaimed superior intellect. So a few news articles and you're an expert who abuses people who didn't come to the same conclusions as you (the same filters that allow someone to think 9/11 was an inside job)
I don't have an obsession with drum lines. But you are wrong about them. I'm pointing that out but you won't listen and want to move on because you want to save face. Read the wiki link i posted. 97% reduction in brazil. Yes i think in very high tourist areas they would help. How could they not? As a large shark rounds the corner of the bay theres a drum line there, ooh a snack. Now he's not there. It lowers the probablility. They're only temporary in CID.
Back on topic I wouldn't call a young girl swimming off the beach stupid. Or someone at the stern of the boat surrounded by other boats jumping of a sup and swimming to the boarding ladder to give someone else a go, even if it was late afternoon. Snorkelling in Cid perhaps a bit odd, but she was hardly snorkelling in low light. There is something odd going on as the amount of bodies spending time in the water there over the years is extremely high. We're talking every day for years. Then to have three attacks in weeks, all very aggressive ones not just accidental bites.
Putting aside your desperate character assassination attempt, the scientific advice with respect to CID harbour is that drum lines would be ineffective.
Yet you still maintain you know more than the experts....one spate of shark attacks in many years and bingo out trots the drum lines knee jerk reaction.
The QLD government has decided against permanent drum lines in CID Harbour partly based on the scientific advice.
It's not what a reporter thinks.
It's the facts.
You think you know better obviously.
Who's having the hissy fit here?