ANOTHER SHARK ATTACK

Tathra is about 15 k from bega. Has allways been sharks there used to be caught off the warf on the regular till it was banned a few years ago so no suprize at all

I have a very firm agreement with sharks, I don't go in their water they don't come and drink at my local!

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Originally Posted by C00P

On Kangaroo Island the penguins are disappearing because they are being eaten by seals. We have an apparent increase in shark attacks. Could it be that we have fished out the sea too much and the top predators are seeking other prey? Perhaps with fish being scarcer, humans become a more attractive and available target?
Just a thought...

Coop

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you may be onto something here Coop.

Lets put the latest tragic event into some perspective: 47 fatal shark in NSW over the last century (see Latest Figures | Taronga Conservation Society Australia). Roads deaths in NSW hover around 400 per year with 25,000 injuries. Preventable diseases (principally related to smoking) account for about 5,200 deaths per year with another 44,000 hospitalisations (again figures just for NSW).

Cheers
KarlB
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Originally Posted by 460cixy

Tathra is about 15 k from bega. Has allways been sharks there used to be caught off the warf on the regular till it was banned a few years ago so no suprize at all

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While this is a very sad event, the judgement of the group swimming has to be looked at - a 3-4m Great White had been spotted for a week before hand cruising between Tathra and Merimbula and kept on coming back to the Tathra Wharf area where it had been seen a number of days before the attack and on the previous afternoon from the actual wharf.

The group (or at least some of them) were involved in the Surf Life Saving Club which is located on the nearby beach and would have certainly known about the large shark in the area and specifically in the area they would be swimming through.

Irrespective of this an extremely sad time for many people and my thoughts go out to the family.

Garry