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Shark punched out during an attack at Port Macquarie

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sha ... 55m0z.html

Trump isn't a shark fan

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1 ... 94401?s=20

There’s been a fatal attack at Coolangatta this arvo.
Is it the first death with the nets around there?

the meshing wasn't up. drumlines were though

All the media is reporting it as a netted beach. Now of course dont get upset Nick, I am not suggesting you are wrong, just whats being reported.

Nick, why weren’t the nets up?

Nets removed during whale migration time?
ABC had a brief gimpse of the tail of the guy's board; channel bottom twin. Been looking at Morning of the Earth Fiji twins and looked just like them.

The Qld government was going to trial replacing nets with drumlines but it wasn't due to happen until next year

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-pri ... arine-life

The current gear location has a net at Coolangatta and drumlines at Rainbow Bay (see link to spreadsheet with coordinates)
https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-pri ... -equipment

foamy wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:41 pm

Nick, why weren’t the nets up?

what bomboraa said re whales

This is really going to put a massive shock through the whole system

Qld to blame NSW for something?

Swellnet camera recorded it. Fair crowd around him as you’d expect. Pretty horrific for those in the water.

Nick Carroll wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 08, 2020 7:43 pm

the meshing wasn't up. drumlines were though

That's a significant bit of information as it keeps intact the fact that there has been no shark attack fatalities on a beach that is part of an active net deployment strategy.

Oops. I better get out of here quickly before someone notices I'm here again.

Ahhha, welcome back, Cranky.

Pretty surreal seeing it happen in such an iconic crowded spot.

That’s surfing.

Well isn’t that what I’m meant to say?

Troubling stuff

Very few sports have being eaten alive as a factor in participation.
Hey Cranked

nets were set yesterday.

Any more detail, like exactly where and when they were set?

Here's some detail from SA

https://www.shark.co.za/Pages/Protectio ... harkattack

A similar trend is evident is South Africa, which has experienced 394 recorded unprovoked attacks, the majority of which have occurred since the 1940’s. Of these 90 have been fatal.

During the first half of the 20th century, in South Africa, the majority of shark attacks were recorded off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Indeed, it was the high number of attacks and the collapse of the local tourism industry, which resulted in the deployment of nets to capture sharks. Since the deployment of the first nets off Durban, and expansion of the KZN Sharks Board operations the number of attacks has continually decreased along the KZN coastline. This is in marked contrast, to both the Eastern and Western Capes where attacks have continued to increase. These contrasting trends clearly highlight the effectiveness of the KZN Sharks Board bather protection program in providing protection from shark attack.

Since the inception of bather protection gear there have been only 27 attacks, none of which have been fatal, in the 67 years since their inception. Indeed, the only serious injury at a protected beach involved a surfer at Umtentweni who were bitten on the leg by a great white in 1999. Without the KZN Sharks Board programme it is highly likely that the shark population would slowly increase along the KZN coastline, eventually resulting in a fatal shark attack and economic catastrophe to the local tourism industry.