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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:47 pm
by steve shearer
Whites love that clean, low turbidity water.
RIP fellow surfer.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:32 pm
by channels
All things being equal, I’m surprised there are less attacks in Esperance and Albany than there are in northern NSW.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:53 pm
by Thud
Drones, tags, hooks and dead people have really brought the shark into focus
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:16 pm
by Cranked
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
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:26 pm
by Beanpole
Sorry, thought that was shark attacks for a moment.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:42 am
by Cranked
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
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:45 pm
by channels
Shock horror, sharks sighted in Sydney
https://youtu.be/6ffwB0-huyI
Hope the Bold swimmers don't panic too much.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:50 pm
by tootr
^^ they’re a bit more forthcoming with information than the NSW DPI.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:03 am
by tootr
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
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:47 pm
by PeepeelaPew
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:52 pm
by channels
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.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:55 pm
by PeepeelaPew
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:04 pm
by Cranked
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.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:40 pm
by PeepeelaPew
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Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:41 pm
by Beanpole
Wasn't someone attacked a while ago at Balian?
I always presumed it was because they had been fished out.
Shark Fin Soup anyone?
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:11 pm
by marauding mullet
Beanpole wrote: ↑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.
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.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:02 pm
by Cranked
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.
Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:48 am
by Nick Carroll