Hunt for shark after attack

we kill 100 million sharks a year, i think having them protected is a good idea...
 
Jaco Schoeman said:
Agreed. In Aus, more people die from box jellyfish sting than GW attacks, but you dont see the Aus Military flying over the waters with miniguns and just blasting the crap out the jellies!!!

If a Great White would ever be so lucky as to sit "fin" in my livingroom uninvited, I would also kill it, so that's why I keep my skinny white ass out of his livingroom.

Kneeheight is deep enough for me thank you. If God wanted me to swim, my name would be Nemo.
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was a show on natgeo the other night..guy got attacked by a bullshark in just over 1 mtr of water...in your case jaco....just below the skinny white ass :)
 
Yeah les, same story with me mate. a mate of mine flies a micro light and choons the same thing.

i hear divers say that if you ever dive the reef you wont surf it
 
Now who would want to kill such an awesome animal?
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WOW ReefCraze! Awesome pic of a Raggie, mate!

People - just take one thing into account, please - w.r.t white sharks.

The exact SAME individual white sharks, that people see in Australia, are the same individuals that inhabit our waters. These sharks swim all over the oceans, all throughout the year.

It is one of the mysteries of the white sharks, which we as humans must still try and decipher (which we cannot do if these sharks are being killed off), as to WHY they congregate in certain areas certain times a year.

The white sharks are being identified by the markings on their dorsal fins - the markings are photographed, and then digitally compared..... in such a way, is each individual shark identified, and given a "name".

These exact same sharks have been identified, in Florida, Australia and in our waters here, off the South African coast.

Please take into account - if ANY ONE individual white shark is killed off - it disappears from the waters off the South African coastline, the Australian coast, as well as from the Florida waters.

Meaning -that - the seal populations in all 3 these environments, are then unbalanced.... meaning - the more seals....... the less fish (as the seals would then hunt and kill too much fish - meaning once again another imbalance in life)...... if the fish disappear from certain areas in our seas - whole fishing communities might disappear..... etc.... etc...

Please take the knock-on effect into account, if anyone are pro-shark hunting.......

By all means - if you are a shark fisherman - fish them - but please do release them.....

As there are far too many humans on this earth causing far too much harm to mother nature.....

I am sorry to say this - but it is the humans that should be culled........ as it is only the humans that bring imbalance into nature..........
 
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If god gave u gills instead of lungs...then u could say u have rights when u in the sea.

Unfortunatly us two legged creatures give up this right when our left toenail touches the salt water...so accecpt the consequences...

I've caught and tagged many sharks in my time stretching from nambia, our waters and moz. Hell, i caught a small bull shark in Dec near a beach (St Lucia) that over christmas had a few hundred people swimming in it...should have seen the tourists eyes when I release her...and the dismay/ignorance associating them as killers that could have attacked them the day before/after. Its that ignorance of where they actually lie in the foodchain that draws people to seek them out when there's an attack of sorts. Sad.
 
I agree fully. BUT, then just take this into account Adee - IF we don't visit their homes, how do we get to learn about them? How do we start realizing that sharks have their place in the world, and yes - it is sad when a human life is taken by a shark - and yes - most of the time, that human did not really have the right to be so arrogant to just willfully enter the shark's domain without even learning about the sea, and learning about the shark itself.......

So - point being - if we don't venture under the sea - to where the sharks live, to learn of these magnificent creatures, how can we EVER dissociate the shark from being a mindless killer?
 
im a huge fan of the great white...........but dont dive as much as id like to in sa because of sharks..........
i too have done the whole white shark cage diving thing and i can tell you this....if the boat ride to the dive site does'nt make you think why the hell are you doing this......your first sight from the boat of a 5 meter great white certainly will.
i too had a concern as one of the dives in gaansbaai was only about 100 meters from the shore.......and i began to wonder about the chumming not affecting there behaviour etc etc......
but then a doccumentry on animal cam on the great white sharks of s.a. changed all that very quickly.
it started with the presenter standing on the shore at a local cape-town beach.....he was talking and pointing out the surfers riding the waves just behind him.........he mentioned what fun they were having but wondered how many would stay in the water if they knew the following.......
he then climbed into a helicopter that was a few meters away, as the helicopter went up and the cameraman was focusing on the surfers waiting for the next set.........5 metes away from the surfers were 4......yip.......4 huge great whites patroling the backline:whistling:
this made me realise that the operators who run the cage diving adventures actually do not contribute to attacks.
after more research on 3 of the bigger operators in that area i even found that they actually contribute a hell of a lot towards there survival aswell as helping us uderstand these exceptional , unbelievable creatures.
do you know that one of these operators actually was involved in tagging a small female great white which blew the world away......this shark was tagged in cpt and tracked......it travelled from cpt to australia, spent 6 weeks in aussie and then came back, a total of three months , travelling in waters 2meters deep to well over 200meters deep and in temp of 25 degrees to 2 degrees.....thats hectic.
so basically my view is pretty much the same a vipers.......you wanna play in there domain......well then be prepared for the worst and take precautions, and be alert at all times......and do what i do.......dive in exotic island locations only and pray that buy some chance should the unlikely event of a great white appearing there and wanting to attack you........pray it takes you head first so you dont feel a thing:razz::slayer:
 
LOL Marco! That's one view I EVER took - having the shark take your head first that you don't feel anything..... LOL!

Personally - I think that EVERYONE who goes into the sea, should have attended a "shark awareness" training program. (Or perhaps something like the Shark Speciality training which PADI offers).....

A LOT more people would feel a LOT more respect for these creatures. And also have a MUCH larger chance of surviving in the seas that they "visit"...........
 
well we got a close up (10-15m) of what we think was a either a Zambo or Tiger while surfing nahoon Reef on saturday morning.. all was well untill later in the day when a bigger version of the 1.5 - 1.8m shark showed up.. the size of the bigger boytlie was estimated around 5m!! luckily i dident go for a second surf like some of my mates did..
 
Leslie - it is absolutely amazing to see them eye-to-eye.

BUT, being at the top looking down onto them, with them being below the surface, and only parts of your body being blow the surface..... hhhhhmm.... I don't think so ;)
 
If that was me, the shark would probably leave by itself in 30sec - cause I don't think they like the smell of shit
 
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