wombat
Lives in a hole
Get a bigger boat?...if they can't be deterred from an area they have claimed, what other option is left? I have based this knowledge on a documentary I watched called jaws.
Get a bigger boat?...if they can't be deterred from an area they have claimed, what other option is left? I have based this knowledge on a documentary I watched called jaws.
Arthropods on the other hand - they got an antivenin for them yet? 2011 ABS stats for WA:while I'm with you in principal, Cheetos, I think you'll find it's been a looooong time since either killed someone, what with antivenin and all. I think the shark antivenin is still 18 months off.
12 attacks in a bit over 2 years is rare?Attacks are so rare
Yes. Relatively.12 attacks in a bit over 2 years is rare?
Extremely so. So rare that in most other circumstances it would not even be classed as a risk. 12 people have been killed by sharks in two years? About 400 pedestrians have been killed in that time. In the first week of this year, the cycling death toll is already equal to the WA shark death toll.12 attacks in a bit over 2 years is rare?
12 attacks? Where are you getting that from? In WA there have been 6 fatal attacks since September 2011. that averages out less than 3 a year. I'd say that's pretty rare particularly when you consider how many water users there are in the state.12 attacks in a bit over 2 years is rare?
Where did I say fatal?12 attacks? Where are you getting that from? In WA there have been 6 fatal attacks since September 2011. that averages out less than 3 a year. I'd say that's pretty rare particularly when you consider how many water users there are in the state.
Do you see the irony in that post?What about all those people who got whacked by a thrashing tail in the charter boat after landing one?
Only heaps...Do you see the irony in that post?
Are you going to start a petition to outlaw fishing? Start with a protest.Only heaps...
Slippery slope, much?Are you going to start a petition to outlaw fishing? Start with a protest.
Heaps of sharks are killed by recreational fisherman everyday and no one gives a shit. Tell some that you are going shark fishing and chances are they'll think you're a badass. At a guess I'd say that more sharks will be killed in a week by recreational fisherman than the culling will in a month.Slippery slope, much?
where did that come from and what does it have to do with this? :noidea:
I don't see (or more precisely, count) spear fishing, sport fishing, game fishing or charter boats as 'recreational fishing'Heaps of sharks are killed by recreational fisherman everyday and no one gives a shit. Tell some that you are going shark fishing and chances are they'll think you're a badass. At a guess I'd say that more sharks will be killed in a week by recreational fisherman than the culling will in a month.
I'm guessing most of the naysayers want to be seen to be doing the 'right' thing.
Recreational fishing killing heaps of sharks- Don't care.
Shark finning killing millions or sharks- What? Out of sight out of mind, who cares.
WA government kills a handful of sharks- LOSE YOUR FUCKING MIND!!!!
Edit: Last bit wasn't directed at you Moorey, just a generalisation.
FFS, you're not comparing apples with apples there.So for the sake of putting into perspective. If the rest of the country had the same rate of shark attacks as WA we'd see 74 attacks a year and that's not taking into account tourists. I'd guess QLD and NSW would see more tourists than WA.
I've left ACT and NT out of this.
...but is it really? Amongst almost everyone I know in my own age category of 20-26, there is fierce opposition to all 3. In fact, I can't recall a single person that has agreed with any of the above when it's been raised in conversation, regardless of age.Recreational fishing killing heaps of sharks- Don't care.
Shark finning killing millions or sharks- What? Out of sight out of mind, who cares.
WA government kills a handful of sharks- LOSE YOUR FUCKING MIND!!!!
It is an unhelpful generalisation. I don't think many of those against shark culls are in favour of shark fishing. Regardless, the particularly at-risk shark species are protected - something the WA government has disregarded as their policy kills anything 3m+.Heaps of sharks are killed by recreational fisherman everyday and no one gives a shit. Tell some that you are going shark fishing and chances are they'll think you're a badass. At a guess I'd say that more sharks will be killed in a week by recreational fisherman than the culling will in a month.
I'm guessing most of the naysayers want to be seen to be doing the 'right' thing.
Recreational fishing killing heaps of sharks- Don't care.
Shark finning killing millions or sharks- What? Out of sight out of mind, who cares.
WA government kills a handful of sharks- LOSE YOUR FUCKING MIND!!!!
Edit: Last bit wasn't directed at you Moorey, just a generalisation.