They are cutting shark nets....wonder what happens when someone inside net gets attacked and dies . Will this be manslaughter?
Fu cking tree huggers.
You do know that shark nets are not designed to keep sharks out, right?
As in, it's not a big net all the way around a beach?
Sharks always have been able to just swim around them... but you knew that, right?
Speaking to one of the guys who maintain the nets, he explained how the shark nets were/are designed to work.
He said they weren't designed to catch sharks that were just cruising around, rather to catch sharks that come charging in, in attack mode. I really don't know if they work that way or not given how small they are, but I suspect they must have some effect based on their record of success.
I wonder if the sharks just learn to stay away from netted beaches?
Reduce the number of large sharks; reduce the number of fatalities. Just like in the past decades when whaling stations shot them and fisho's caught them for trophies. The 'cull' drama needs to be dropped and a legal size limit introduced.
I dont understand most of you.
Surely any protection we can get while swimming is better than none.
You do realise that your precious sharks and other sea creatures have the rest of the fuc king ocean to play in. You knew that right?
It's common knowledge that most sharks that are caught in "shark nets" are caught on the inside.
That is they made it inside and are caught existing.
Do we really wish to have a shark contained in the swimming area longer than one chasing schooling fish?
We really do need to do much more shark research.
I see that has started on the east coast.
There is a chance we have changed the balance of fish to sharks and this may ultimately see that we need to even things up a bit until we reduce the catch enough for the balance to head naturally the other way.
I have also heard it said that because sea temperatures have risen more bait balls are hugging the coast more than before.
Thus attracting sharks more often than before closer to the coast
Once again more research needs to be done to get the facts and the best way forward.
How many of you calling for nets/culls/any other thing that doesn't work take your own preventative measures, such as a surfsafe/sharkshield?
Surely some of the responsibility, if not all of it, lies in the user (of the ocean).
How many people should be attacked or killed before anyone is allowed to do anything?
The standard on land I have noticed is any animal that attacks is put down, why are surfers treated differently?
Because they have knowingly gone into the dangerous water. They don't cull planes every time a skydiver dies. Cars are still around despite the fact they regularly kill inocent people.
You are allowed to do something. ~ 400 bucks and you'll have something in/on your board.
I suppose there is a difference in the circumstances. Surfing/diving/windsurfer etc are all purely recreational. As an example, a villager in Africa getting eaten by a lion collecting dinner is a much different scenario. At least in my opinion anyway.
To be fair though, I'm not against them taking out a large shark in the vicinity immediately after an incident. At least that would also put the "rough" shark theory to bed...
The plane has nothing to do with the death of a ski diver - the earth on the other hand has a big say in the outcome. Its a poor analogy. Planes, cars, bikes.... are all heavily controlled, imbued with safety systems, speeds limited in close quarter situations to prevent any injury.
My feeling is that if a bunch of people were on land, say watching a kids soccer game and every month something came out of the bushes and attacked or killed someone, something would be done straight away.
I just want to know why there is a double standard.
I also want to quantify at what level of attacks would people want something to be done?
In my view, never. Run your own risk vs reward analysis and either go in the ocean or don't. Go to the swimming pool if you're scared.
I'd probably stop playing soccer at that ground, that's for sure!
Why should anything be done? If it gets to a large number, surely it would just be stupid to get into the water? Why should we kill our way to safety?
Most sports like this have several deaths a year. Surfing/snowboarding/rockclimbing/anything that's fun! It's part of the risk and that risk can instantly be reduced to zero, purely by not participating. They are all 100% preventable.
That is something that can be done. It's free, it's easy and it is immediately effective.
Cage diving ought to be banned immediately. To have the sharks afraid of human interaction as they likely were thirty years ago would be a logical place to start.