Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

[tootr]

Apparently another fatality, at Mindarie WA. Female diver. Unconfirmed?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-05/w ... ie/7479272

[Drailed]

Steve, what are your thoughts on this, is it really happening or a media beat up??

http://beachgrit.com/2016/07/australias ... k-highway/

[PeepeelaPew]

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[marauding mullet]

I met up with an old mate last week who was a pro fisherman most of his life in SA.
He thinks there's been a gradual increase in pointer numbers in SA, based on his own sightings and those of other fisherman and also what he hears from other surfer's sightings, and none of this ever gets a mention outside of a small circle.
The other thing that has been noticed is increased seal numbers over the last few years. They have been spotted on small islands and rocky outcrops in places where they had not been seen before, not in living memory anyway.
He thinks it's all a result of decreased fishing effort by pros who were previously killing sharks that are now protected and also there's less pros fishing anyway. Even since pointers became protected, quite a few were killed by pros unintentionaly. Small pointers generally won't attack large prey like a seal, they can get injured themselves.

[steve shearer]

Steve, what are your thoughts on this, is it really happening or a media beat up??

http://beachgrit.com/2016/07/australias ... k-highway/

Doesnt seem as bad as last year but white are still being regularly spotted by aerial surveillance.

can't find confirmation about the drum line captures off Ballina....but it wouldn't surprise me.

edit: drum line captures off Ballina confirmed.

[tootr]

A bunch of sightings in the last few weeks, and two tagged today on the banana coast.

[Beanpole]

Always love the Banana Coast tag. Bunch of bananas live there for sure.

[Davros]

Been following on the Dorsal application - yep there are some big fish around

[BA]

Been following on the Dorsal application - yep there are some big fish around

What's the link?

[Yuke Hunt]

I'm all for tagging ... its only in the equipment where my opinion varies. They should be using 303 power-heads instead.

[The Mighty Sunbird]

Just bomb the shit out of the cnuts

[steve shearer]

Shark barrier at North Wall abandoned.

http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/pla ... dium=email

[Beanpole]

Shark Barrier?
That's the shoreline isn't it?

[Drailed]

It would have got smashed to pieces.

[marauding mullet]

Shark Barrier?
That's the shoreline isn't it?

Yes. They guarantee you won't be attacked by a shark if you stay west of it.

[Beanpole]

Only on the East Coast however.

[aaarating]

They're back - but a bit further southhttp://www.smh.com.au/victoria/third-surfer-in ... riujy.html

PS: Never admit to 'squealling' even when being attacked by shark. Not cool.

[pinhead]

Also probably not a Thresher shark - more likely to be a Seven Gill shark. The'ye a bit aggro and have form on the Surf Coast and Peninsula.