Mask said...

lostinlondon said...
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Errr, wild pigs are an introduced species in Australia and as such should be culled. You can't justify killing sharks on this basis. Non argument.

Err, So are poms and europeans. Should they be culled as well?

No need to cull poms and europeans, thats what the sharks are for.

There is a small villiage in Africa on the edge of a game reserve that is setup to aid conservation of the local wildlife. Over the time period of a couple years, there were over 20 locals mauled by a single lion in particular, that had developed an acquired taste for them, it was finally killed by a local, who watched his wife and I think 2 kids get killed, and his wife eaten down to her hip line, the lion left, he laced her remaining corpse with poison, the same lion came back and was killed by the poison the next day..... My point is, if there is one individual out there killing "us" something should be done about it, if a few die so a few can live, what's the big deal ? They have no natural preditors, and we don't hunt them because they are endangered?

We are reaping the benefit of protection. It is not natural for the GWS not to be hunted, man has hunted them as long as we have existed, we are now at a stage that all those protected GWS babies have matured and are hungry. Its only going to get worse.

Do you ever eat fish wldistel?

Hi Peeps,

So much fear and hysteria when we are talking about shark attacks and great whites, that it's easy to get carried away and emotional. I'm no greeny wanting to give sharks a big hug, but I also don't think that we should be hunting down and killing sharks indiscriminately.

Sharks live in the ocean, this is a fact and it isn't going to change. If you choose to go in the ocean, then you raise the probability of getting bitten. If the thought of getting bitten and dying freaks you out too much, simply don't go in the ocean. Your chances of being eaten by a shark on the land are pretty remote.

If "the" shark responsible for a death is immediately spotted in the vicinity, then maybe that one should be culled, but only if it is proven to be the one responsible. I am going on the prospect of perhaps one shark being responsible for more than one of these attacks and developing a pattern of behaviour.

Killing lots of sharks wont stop the problem and isn't cool. I believe in Karma. I surf, SUP, Kite, swim, sail and freedive spearfish in the ocean with the sharks, and often see them, but we share the ocean with them and they are graceful in the water and an important part of the marine ecosystem, and I don't want to see them harmed, nor would I want retribution on the shark if I happen to end up a victim.

Live and let live, if you can't handle the risk, stay out of the water until December where your chances of an interaction with a GW is greatly reduced .... but not eliminated. There is ALWAYS a risk. Accept it, or move on.

DM

tightlines said...

Do you ever eat fish wldistel?

Yep love it! Even eat shark. Do you think that makes me a hypocrite tightlines? "I may be" I don't disagree with killing for food, I'm no vegetarian. I do believe that we need to respect our environment by limiting our destructive activities, also managing our natural resources wisely. I also think that we are in there world when where on a board and to kill a shark because it's too large! sort of taints the experience.

Tightlines, do you think this shark should be killed or not and should we cull all large shark?

PS I am surprised by the red thumbs, didn't think I would be part of the minority but hay maybe I'm more greeny than I realised!!

And yes Hilly “Darren very well put.”, wish I could have put it that way as well. Probably shouldn't post on a Saturday night when I get home from a big night!


PPS sorry for the outburst

I heard some rumors of some whales in the area already would explain the presence of all the big grey suits ;| its normally September that the whales are off the Perth coast ?

The humpback northerly migration is June July, there might be a few stragglers, but the main herd is up north now, they head back south September to November roughly. But yes, the gws follow them for sure.

Chris6791 said...

Mask said...

I also was under the impression that spearfishing was also kind of harmful to marine animals. Dont the fish that you shoot actually die as well? So, somehow its OK for you to kill or maim marine animals yet others should not.?

Unless you are a vegetarian on ethical grounds this arguement isn't valid. Killing an animal for food whether it be a cow, chicken or mackeral is a bit different to killing a large shark because you are scared of it and want to feel better about swimming in the ocean.

If you are a vegetarian, then great. Right up until you start killing GWS that is...

So if we eat them afterwards, thats OK?.
No worries.

I went for a surf down at Brighton beach on Saturday morning.

We wonder why the sharks come in close.

We counted 17 boats all chumming up with oil slicks out from where we were.

You could smell the fishy smell from where we were, imagine what the sharks are thinking!!

Hello my lovely