WA
24 posts
Well not yet but it is just a matter of time.
It is time to step up and have your say demand some action. The Fisheries Minister is asking for people to comment on the shark net, no shark net issue.
It is an on line questionnaire.
It is simple to do.
Take the time and fill it out.
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/News/Pages/Shark-Nets-and-Swimming-Enclosures-Have-Your-Say.aspx
WA
2371 posts
I want to know whats going to happen to all the sheep that are now stranded on the carriers "MV Ocean Drover" and the other boat from Australia...do they end up as shark food? as they apparently have scabby mouth...22,000 sheep is a lot of sheep to treat with out there being alot of casualties...
WA
485 posts
4 out of 5 of the attacks in WA have been outside of the metropolitan area. 1 was in Perth. The 2 most recent attacks where on beaches that would fairly be described as remote locations.
Shark nets or shark safe enclosures would have bugger all effect on the safety of surfers who would typically be well outside these zones, especially in WA where we tend to have long straight beaches rather than easily enclosed bays.
It might make swimmers feel safer, but NONE of the recent attacks have been close to shore.
Stupid idea.
WA
4642 posts
Shark enclosures are a stupid idea and totally ineffective, but shark nets would be effective but too much colateral damage.
They work on the principle of killing any shark which is patrolling the shallow waters along the coast. Most sharks don't just swim in from out deep, eat someone and then swim back out to the deep. They patrol up and down the beaches for some days and then finally have a nibble on someone.
This seems to be the pattern going right back when Ken Crew got eaten over 10 years ago. That particular shark was swimming in the shallows around Cott. for about a week prior. The same with one of the recent attacks, and probably many more.
The problem with the nets is that they also take out a lot of unintended targets.
The best solution with the least colateral damage is to target any large shark reported swimming in the shallows close to popular beaches. It is most likely that had this been the policy over the last 10 years we would have caught only two or three sharks and effectively removed the danger.
Instead, we have done nothing and are still wafflling on about possible solutions.
Finally, the public will spit the dummy and we will end up with a solution that kills everything withing a mile of the coast.
I don't like to rush people but I think it's time to give somebodys knee a jerk.
