I love how there is only three lines of detail for this story, but once again the Great White is flashed up to instill horror and public outcry. 
It seems everytime a shark attacks it's a GW. Bullsharks are just as bad and with the marina close by i wouldn't rule out a Bullshark.
Condolences to the family.
That makes five in 19 months! The previous five were spread of 10 years. Anyone postulating what has changed?
How the fk is 15km out to sea near Port Geo marina??
The press $hit me to tears, sensationalist muck raking pricks!
ive bumped into a fair few around here but still in one piece. im thinking im luckier the more stories i hear though. condolances to the family. he was just doing what he enjoyed.
There is a beter than odds on probability that there is only one or two sharks responsible for all the recent attacks on the south west coast.
The same thing happened many years ago on the east coast of America, a number of attacks within a few hundred miles over a few years. They finally caught and killed the shark which they thought was responsible and there were no more attacks for a long time.
The government is being jelly bellyed with their pathetic excuses when they keep putting off the decision to cull this shark.
I'm very disappointed with Colin Barnett who originally plainly said after an earlier attack that "if the shark was spotted it would be killed." A few days later he went all wishy washy and came up with the usual lame excuses why we shouldn't kill it and then went ahead and wasted millions on helicopter patrols and shark surveys, none of which will make any difference to the problem, and obviously hasn't yet.
One or two sharks less is not going to make the slightest difference to the survival of the species.
Get a backbone Col. Do the right thing and get rid of it. 
Just reported on the radio that the shark is now swimming around 50 metres off the Busselton shoreline.
They are still wondering what to do about it.
Yesterday they said the weather was too bad and not suitable for looking for sharks. In Geographe Bay??? You gotta be joking! Wave height 1 metre maximum.
Today, even though it is swimming around 50 metres from the beach they say the waters not really clear so it's hard to see. Gee. That's going to make ity difficult.
Lucky they aren't trying to make a living from fishing. They would have had an excuse not to fish for every day of the week.
Lucky they are employed by the government and paid from the public purse.
Some expert from the upper management of fisheries was on the radio saying that they were trying to keep a balance between peoples safety and building up shark numbers. ????? 
Keeping a balance???
So far over the last year the balance is four / nil in favour of the shark.
What score is he looking for before he considers a balance has been achieved.
These people amaze me. If he doesn't have the ability to determine a reasonable balance by now he should be thrown out of his job and someone put in charge who has a better appreciation of a persons life. A person with a wife and children, who pays taxes, and is, or was, a worthwhile human being.
The trouble is, it's these clowns who are advising Colin Barnett to hold off from culling this particular shark and since they are in management positions Barnett is not likely to act against their advice. I think he should take the initiative and make the decision himself. I can't see too many people getting upset over it, except fisheries. But then they get upset over anything which might diminish their own authority.
They have a vested interest in as many people as possible getting eaten by sharks because every attack adds to the possibility that they can ask for for money to "manage" the problem.
They got a promise of 14 million from the previous attack. I wonder how much they are expecting for this one?
It's just another government industry being established. Throw the lot out and start again. They're all defective.
In case it's not obvious I am seriously annoyed. Specially since it's my taxes that pay for these tossers.
Actually my kids swim and surf with me all over. Rottnest not so much surfing as its a bit big. Mullaloo, Trigg, Wedge, Dunsborough, Busselton hell we're of surfing to Albany this weekend.
The difference is that my kids aren't so stupid to think that they are safe in the water, but then they also understand the risks. Even at 7 and 10 they both have had long discussions about it and the risk of sharks. In fact my daughter has given a few talks at school on the matter.
As for 4 to none. Well its actually more like 4 to 5 million. That's how many sharks get taken every year by humans.
As for the $14 million. To be honest i wish that use that money more on a cure for cancer, that would make many many more people happy i think.
As for a degree and having a expert opinion? Would you say you could perform brain surgery because you've seen a TV show? Think not, that's why we educate people. Lack of education had people being burned for being witches
How do they know it was the same shark???
If and a massive IF, they can prove without doubt it is the shark that did it, I think it should get the knock on the head...
But...they can't do that, not without cutting it open.
And then, even killing that one shark won't make it not happen again.
If you don't like it, don't go in the ocean. Or get a shark shield or something... Simple.
If I got nailed by one, I wouldn't want it killed (the taste would probably do that though...)
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Pweeda your right it was Brian's opinion. He had actually talked about like i'm am now on Westenangler. Does it make his death any less important? Of Course not it was still a tragic accident that i wish upon no one.
I should also point out that the young guy at Boneyards was a huge Sea Shepherd fan and had the same view. In fact his family asked if people would donate to his cause instead of waisting it on flowers.
Ken Crews family agreed that was the risk as did the guy this year who disappeared at Cott.
The Navy diver from NSW now advocates for shark protection, why is it that all the victims seem to no the risk but not everyone else.
In fact i have not heard any reports of this victims family asking for the shark to be killed either. Only the Mayor and local business who believe they will suffer financially from the attack. Politicians bandwagoning.
Pweeda do you understand how a ecosystem works? What do you think will happen if you start killing a endangered species? Especially when that one is the top of the food chain? This is not as simple as lets just kill the sharks and be done with it..
The experts (not key board heros but educated people in the field) all say Te GW are still critically endangered. They all talk of a collapse of the Worlds Oceans and ecosystems if we don't curb our habits NOW.
I love the Ocean, i play in it, i make a living out of it and i want my kids to be able to enjoy it, maybe even there kids one day and i will side with the educated.
Why argue the point, because uneducated and missguided opinions will hurt our cause, will hurt our Oceans and i'm prepared to stand up for what i believe in
You cant, even the educated can't. So shouldn't we tread carefully..
Hey Pweeda what ecosystem have you worked on trying to save for the last 12 years
Don't you think it ironic that you're trying to save or recover a ecosystem yet encouraging the destruction of another
Just to be clear i don't actually like sharks, let alone GW sharks.
But i do like the ocean i like the oxygen it produces and i like the idea of being able to go for a surf with out having to deal with thousands of Squid or hundreds of smaller sharks. I already have to deal with hundreds of bin lidders and they are annoying enough
You cant, even the educated can't. So shouldn't we tread carefully..
So you say kill the shark. What next will everybody the be safe? Or is there still a chance it could happen again? You're answer is just giving false hope to people that they then will be safe from shark attacks because one fish wash removed. All sharks especially GW have the potential to kill humans. Simple really so you'll never be safe untill there all removed.
So by your thinking if a black man kills someone and the next day there's a black man in the area we should just kill him..Then you'll be safe..
You still haven't answered what ecosystem you've been fighting to save?
Good luck with the Mormons, they'll be good for you as they also have no factual argument that can be proved
Ohhhhhhhh its a shark, it must be a killer LMAO
