Thread: 3 SHARK attacks in 2 days!!

That's rare for Tassie. I did all of my suba training down there without a problem. Poor bugger - unlucky I reckon.

Must be global warming !!!!!!!!!!!!

Jaws revenge!

the sharks have had enough and are geting a bit of pay back...

T

Originally Posted by BMKal

Must be global warming !!!!!!!!!!!!

......or lack of their natural food because over fishing

There was an article in Saturday's West Australian" about some mob over in Sydney or somewhere who wanted all fish to be re-named "kittens of the sea" so that people would stop catching and eating them.

Methinks the lunatics are running the asylum.

Just came to mind when I saw your avatar Panda.

Originally Posted by cewilson

That's rare for Tassie. I did all of my suba training down there without a problem. Poor bugger - unlucky I reckon.

attacks in tassie maybe fairly rare (also think of population in relation to attacks) but there are a lot of pointers out there (and in close). I remember burleying for mako's a few years ago when game fishing and we always raised more whites than mako's. Biggest was over 6 meters, in over 1000m of water in a 6m boat. Had one that was called "montagu tom", took the rear quarter out of a rare horse being swum in 6 foot of water by a guy in a 10 foot tinnie powered by super human oarpower. This one was over 6 meters.
cheers
blaze

Originally Posted by Chucaro

......or lack of their natural food because over fishing

Hi,

If you are talking commercial, this is unlikely. There are about 600 different commercial fisheries in Aus and less than about 10 of these would have sustainability issues IMHO.

Improved environmental awareness and best practice in the commercial sector has resulted in a larger shark population that will continue to increase.

The human population is also increasing (1400 a week in Brackistan) and most are living close-ish to the coast.

This combo is guaranteed to lead to more frequent 'interactions'.

cheers, DL