Im sure IF they had the ability to walk on land with a rifle they would kill all of us too!
BUT they dont! So lets take the shark by the balls and Eat em with our fried Chips and dimsims!
It is the Whales that are responsible for the decimated fish stocks - look at how big their mouths are. Time for a cull.
I know the answer but can somebody explain how the marine eco system will be worse off if the GWS ( an 'Apex' predator) has its population reduced by say 50% ?
IS EVERYBODY MENTAL????
CULL THIS, KILL THAT...BLAH BLAH BLAH
INVEST IN A TAGGING SYSTEM THAT DOES NOTHING BUT NOTIFY AND RATTLE US BUT NOT ACTUALLY PREVENT AN ATTACK.....
PREVENTION IS THE KEY RIGHT???
FUNDING FOR SHARK SHIELD TECHNOLOGY....MAKE IT SMALLER IE ANKLE BRACELET ETC
YES THERE ARE DEVICES LIKE THAT OUT THERE BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INDEPENDENTLY TESTED AND TRIALLED LIKE THE SHARK SHIELD
FORGET TAGGING, CULLING ETC...UNDERSTAND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE AND WITH THIS SS TECHNOLOGY WE CAN STILL SURF, KITE ETC WHILE HARMLESSLY TELLING EM TO GO AWAY
IF WE CAN PUT MEN IN SPACE IM SURE WE CAN DESIGN A BRACELET WITHOUT A TRAILING ANTENNAE THAT IS AS EFFECTIVE IN DETERRING SHARKS ONCE IN A PRESET VICINITY
THIS IS WHERE A GOVERNMENT WITH EVEN THE TINIEST OF COMMON SENSE WOULD ALLOCATE THE FUNDING. ITS DO ABLE, NON-LETHAL,EFFECTIVE AND VERY VERY VERY AFFORDABLE TO ALL
MY TWO CENTS WORTH
CONDOLENCES TO THE YOUNG SURFERS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SHRED THOSE PERFECT WAVES UP THERE MATE,YEWWW!!!
How can you advocate that. What are your views on Poland?
The poor paddle surfer - the one wave rider that earns and actually rides the pocket gets munched. The Goat Boaters and SUPers and 'Kitesurfers' walk on water away from the Jaws of White Death. Aint justice in that.
Time for Rule 303?
First and foremost my sympathy goes out to the family and girlfreind. RIP Ben. Horrible and really sad.
Killing a couple of Sharks will ease peoples fears, but not solve the problem.
1) Tag the sharks and learn more about them.
2) Someone invent a wrist watch that will repel sharks (Millionaire overnight).
3) Tighter fishing regulations needed.
4) Something to think about:
Over fishing = Less Fish.
Illeagal to kill Whales + Sharks = Less Fish.
Less fish = Less Seals.
Less Seals + Less Fish = More Hungry Sharks.
Human Population increase + watersport increase = more people in water.
The above equation is not good 
And while they invent this magical shark repellant watch could they also build me a invisible
Cloake??
If this was that easy an practical (in size) I'm sure they would have one built years ago. Why not one For bears, bees, ants, mozzies, pirranas, lions, and sups/bodyboarders while they are at it??
Its a tough call , to kill a few or not .
Having come from a background of dealing with them on a regular basis as part of my job ( tuna farm diver ) and having a close friend taken recently I think I can probably have a slightly more informed view than most here and they without a doubt are increasing in numbers .
One only has to speak to people in both cage diving and tuna farm industry in South Aus who have been there for many years to see this .
After having been protected for a lot of years this should not come as surprise .
Having been up close in the water with them ( many times )they are a magnificent creature and it is a real pity to have to consider killing them , unfortunatley their numbers are only going to get more and more and a time will come where a solution which may involve getting rid of a few of them may occur .
Shark shields are sh1thouse! The fact is, all sharks can sense electromagnetic fields in the ocean and that is what attracts them to their prey. All creatures give off electromagnetic frequencies due to their nerves and muscles. In the ocean, a great conductor, these frequencies travel for miles and cause sharks and rays to get curious and excited.
Shark shields just use electrodes to create an electromagnetic frequency which causes spasms in the sharks muscles when in very short range, up to around 4 metres. Further than that they are definitely attracting them. Its just a fact of physics.
When a whitey is scoping the scene from distance and lurking at the ocean floor, deciding whether its safe to launch itself at its prey for an initial hit, the shark shields are just revving them up. I doubt very much that at top speed, rocketing towards a potential meal, getting a nose spasm in the last few metres will do FA!
If we really want to remain anonomous in the ocean we would need to attenuate these electromagnetic frequencies, not emit them. Maybe some full body dry suit which converts the bodies electomagnetic radiation into heat?? Just food for thought..
Yeah thats what i was getting at Zed. In that situation they are useless. But yeah in a controlled environment, the shield would make a curious shark that is just cruising around swim away from a tourist cage with an emitter in it, or same if you dangle one in front of a blacktip in a tank. Though these are not realistic situations in most fatal cases.
I dont really think less fish has that much to do with it. Shark eat fish, sea lions, seals, whales, sharks, and humans. While fish are reducing in numbers, everthing else is increasing at an accelerated rate.
The footage on youtube I've seen where the shield has been successful is a shark swimming casually around, gets too close and then swims off. And usually it's a 6ft reef shark not a 20ft gw in full attack mode! I think the technology is still in it's infancy, but I still can't imagine it ever completely stopping an attack.
Hmm well the fact that the cage diving is right next to a seal colony it is again a huge debate , having seen a pointer or 2 ripping apart a seal I tend to think that sure it is attracting them to the cage but they were seasonally in the area anyway .
From a reliable source there were up to 16 different sharks seen in a couple of days in one spot whic his a big increase on previous years , a 4m pointer doesnt just appear overnight , 20 years of protection for better or worse is increasing numbers .
The same goes for the Tfarms , it doesnt affect the numbers that exist but it "may" congregrate them a bit , pointers are very inquisitive and I have seen them just bight stuff that obviously had no food value but they must have been giving it a but of a taste test anyway .
There is none of this in WA , its all about the numbers , more sharks , worse odds for the punters in the water .
Anything in the water is fair game for at least 1 bite !
It is interesting reading these posts. We all have to admit they come from a source of fear. About to go for a surf with my bro and i have to be honest, I'm more nervous than I have ever been.
Wont stop me going in the water, but I know the risks seem to be increasing.
Anybody considered the psychological impact of this and how they have dealt with it?
..and do you have a comfy couch?
