Johnnie
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fezz wrote on Apr 19 th, 2017 at 8:34pm: Johnnie wrote on Apr 19 th, 2017 at 5:19pm: fezz wrote on Apr 18 th, 2017 at 10:35pm: Johnnie wrote on Apr 18 th, 2017 at 8:50pm: fezz wrote on Apr 18 th, 2017 at 8:18pm: Why is there no talk of putting GWS back on the catch list ... say with a system like with snapper in some areas. Take sharks between a certain size, eg 10' to 14'
I've been surfing for 35yrs, mostly in some of the most shark infested waters in Australia, and the world for that matter. Lost 4 good mates to GW attacks and one mate has survived an attack ... had a few close calls myself ... I think culling is a hoax myself, especially now we have a healthy, and building population of GWS. Big sharks have to much mercury so fishermen don't want them, it has to be a cull, again I say we cant take all other fish and protect the pointer, how many surfers have to be eaten before the fisheries department do something. You do know what fisherman want to use sharks this size for don't you? And do you realise how many are already caught by long liners as bycatch but can't be legally used, even though they do get used out in the open ocean away from prying eyes? Give you a tip, swordfish love a bit of GW. Culling has never worked and will never work with an ocean species in the big, wide ocean ... it might work for roos and goats and buffalo etc on a two dimensional plane but not in a three dimensional habitat that is the ocean. Culling can be done easy with drum lines, they work a treat, or by luring them in like they do in Pt Lincoln for the tourists and then put a hole in their heads, a 44 would do the trick. How do you fillet and store a 15ft shark to use as bait for sword fish Fez? First off jeez, have you seen the results of WA's drum line cull from a couple of years back, out of 147 sharks caught, not one shark was a GW even though they were in "plague" numbers. Tigers and Bronzies were at the top of the list. The GW that attacked my mate Ben Gerring was caught on a drum line, but that line was basically dropped on its head, although no conformation at all was given as to that GW was THE shark. As for cutting up a large shark on a long line boat for bait, it's already being done ... the boats hitting swordfish are not exactly weekenders doing a run for an afternoon. Powerheads I agree do a wonderfull job of blowing big holes in anything they come into contact with. You made a comment about the Orcas attacking a GW off the Neptunes, now that really caused a major stir, no GWS were seen for over three months ... seems the best repellent for GWS is the predatory behaviour of Orcas. I surfed with a pod of about 20 Orcas off the western end of Rottnest, not once did I feel threatened ... let the body guard training begin. It would be a brave operator carving up a pointer away from prying eyes, the fisheries department have very fast boats and airplanes, if caught you would loose all marine licenses, your money and possibly freedom.
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