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

Post by steve shearer » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:47 pm

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

Post by channels » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:32 pm

All things being equal, I’m surprised there are less attacks in Esperance and Albany than there are in northern NSW.

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

Post by Thud » Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:53 pm

Drones, tags, hooks and dead people have really brought the shark into focus
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Post by Cranked » Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:16 pm

channels wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:32 pm
All things being equal, I’m surprised there are less attacks in Esperance and Albany than there are in northern NSW.
Population I reckon:

Albany 33,000
Esperance 12,000
Walpole 500
Denmark 2,500
Etc

and its 1,600k from Augusta to Eucla
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Post by Beanpole » Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:26 pm

Sorry, thought that was shark attacks for a moment.
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Post by Cranked » Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:42 am

June 2020 results of the non-lethal SMART drumline trial in south-western Australia between 21 February 2019 and 20 February 2020


https://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/oc ... fop139.pdf

Catch Data

Category Species Scientific name Number
Target White Shark Carcharodon carcharias 2
Non-target sharks
Bronze Whaler Carcharhinus brachyurus 36
Dusky Whaler Carcharhinus obscurus 10
Shortfin Mako Isurus oxyrinchus 24
Smooth Hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena 1
Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier 75
Rays Smooth Stingray Dasyatis brevicaudata 30
Finfish Pink Snapper Chrysophrys auratus 3
Samsonfish Seriola hippos 1
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Post by channels » Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:45 pm

Shock horror, sharks sighted in Sydney

https://youtu.be/6ffwB0-huyI

Hope the Bold swimmers don't panic too much.

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Post by tootr » Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:50 pm

^^ they’re a bit more forthcoming with information than the NSW DPI.

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Post by tootr » Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:03 am

A new scientific paper!
Some very interesting observations.
Very interesting what’s not mentioned too.
Draw your own conclusions

https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m653p167.pdf

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Post by channels » Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:52 pm

It's all a bit pointless, there are heaps out there. I remember seals getting smashed out at Little Island without too much media attention.

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Post by Cranked » Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:04 pm

I'm starting to become blase about them, not sure whether that's a good thing or not though.

I think it was after surfing in Bali for so long knowing that no surfer in Indonesia has ever been killed or badly injured there by a shark, that makes oz seem way more dangerous.
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Post by Beanpole » Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:41 pm

Wasn't someone attacked a while ago at Balian?
I always presumed it was because they had been fished out.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

Post by marauding mullet » Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:11 pm

Beanpole wrote:
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Wasn't someone attacked a while ago at Balian?
I always presumed it was because they had been fished out.
Shark Fin Soup anyone?
There have been a couple of minor injuries at Balian, bites on the hands but not for a few years, unless something I haven’t heard about more recent.
When I was there with my son a few years ago there were a few small sharks seen jumping in the line-up, small bull sharks maybe, never got a really good look, but very small.
Most recent one I know of the guy was bitten on the forearm and I think was wearing a shiny watch or jewellery, bad idea. The water is like a chocolate milkshake there after rain, the break is right in the mouth of a river.
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Post by Cranked » Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:02 pm

Yeah, two surfers at Balian, one about 10 years ago, one a few years ago. Both bitten on the arm but no permanent disability. That's it for the entire archipelago, can't get much better than that.
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

Post by Nick Carroll » Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:48 am

thanks for the tip off on this paper tootr

https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/26 ... ould-it-be

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