Tiger Shark killed near Coolum why?

[BeastMaster]

The drum line set 400m off the beach did what it was designed to do - keepour beaches a little safer.
As for turtles caught up in shark nets and lines =>If only the poor odd turtles could talk - I'd recon they'd be happy about that result.I wonder how many turtles she'd knocked off in the last ten years.1 per month x12x10 =120 probably feasible for such a shark. who knows? maybe a lot lot more.
Pity it ventured in so close looking for food - an incredible creature.
At the end of the day - better it than a person.
Mental note : dont fall out of the boat!!

[Black_Rat]

Would definitely make worldwide headlines . Turtles lay eggs ;
You could let them go and end up like this.
Attachment 88168
Cheers
Ray

Yeah they lay eggs all over our bloody beaches !
So said Turtle gets caught in a net with a set off eggs, is she pregnant ? or just doing a turtle egg smuggling run ?

Stop the Eggs !
\

[Richo1]

1292 people died on Australian roads in 2011 - makes the shark attack statistics look pretty lame. Since 1791 a mere 685 people have been attacked by sharks with 201 being killed.
Those statistics may be low because of shark nets and baited drums, if so they are doing their job well.
We should be netting and baiting the roads more!

[Axl]

Firstly thanks for all the replies there has been some interesting point of views put across in this thread. I must admit when I started this I was struggling to understand why they would kill a magnificent shark like that, whilst I understood what the SCP was all about at the time I thought that they could have cut the line and let that big one go. However having said that as this thread has evolved I can now see that the SCP simply doesn’t work that way, It was a pity as BeastMaster said that she ventured in close looking for food.

As I said earlier I am not a greeny by any stretch of the imagination and maybe the heat was getting to me that day (thanks Moonlighter), however I do have plenty of respect for the environment I fish in as nathank mentioned. I don’t need to get over it and I didn’t nor will I shed any tears, I have lived within a stone’s throw of Moreton Bay my whole life my dad owned boats for many years as I now have. In that time I’ve come across many sharks whilst enjoying the local waterways, some big some small and plenty in between most of the time cutting the line after a good battle or being bitten off in the process so believe me I understand just what is out there.

BTW I see no sense in hitting them on the head before letting them go so I can catch another but hey that’s just me.

I think the comments LP and rabbi made about media coverage were spot on, this no doubt happens quit often but we just don’t hear about it, the fact that this particular catch was published in the paper brought it to everyone’s attention. Did you read the comments after the story? There were plenty of them mostly form p!##ed off people disgusted that the big girl was killed.

I find it interesting that when there is a attack resulting in a death the authorities will go on the hunt for the offending shark, however more often than not the family and friends of the victim come forward and state that they do not wont the animal harmed. They say their relative/friend died doing what he/she loved doing and it was not the sharks fault, as we are the ones who are in there back yard. That must be a very difficult thing to do after having just lost a loved one but you seem to here it a lot after fatal attacks.

As I said it sure has been an interesting read and I suspect there will be more to come, netmaker I like your policy and I think I will adopt a similar one and add BeastMaster's mental note to it.

PS: Daryl Mcphee Ive started reading you report mate plenty of info in it thanks for the link, I hope to finish it on nighshift.

[Daryl McPhee]

Thanks Axl. I have been preparing a broader paper looking at fatal shark attacks globally.

[sacman]

We are being both ignorant and arrogant if we think that we can damage the sensitive oceanic environment by setting drum lines that do what they are designed to do - ie kill large sharks. The future impact of targeting and killing off these magnificent top predators could well outweigh the relatively small impact that these predators currently have on the human population. Future generations may well regret our current actions ....

[Crunchy]

The number of sharks caught in protective nets off Sunshine Coast beaches increased dramatically last year, compared to 2010.
Figures released yesterday by Maritime Safety Queensland revealed a 68 per cent lift in net captures, with 99 sharks caught in 2011 compared to 59 in 2010.
Of the sharks caught, 49 measured two metres or more - an increase of 24 from 2010.
The sharks were caught in protective nets or drumlines, which line Coast beaches acting as a barrier between sharks and the shoreline.
Advertisement <iframe id="dcAd-1-4" src="http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/adi/onl.bt.news/national/queensland;cat1=queensland;cat=national;ctype=arti cle;pos=3;sz=300x250;tile=4;ord=9.2444169E7?" width='300' height='250' scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"> </iframe>
Maritime Safety Queensland, which monitors the nets, said there was no specific reason for the increase.
Read more at the Sunshine Coast Daily.


Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...#ixzz2I7TDGGLc

[Slider]

Not sure which paper I read the article Crunchy, but a shark researcher stated in the article that large predatory fish and sharks have been drawn inshore due to the high rainfall.

Nutrient delivery in stream rises causes healthy plankton spawning which draws baitfish to spawn which draws predatory fish and sharks - just the way it works.

So there is a reson for the spike, but we won't be seeing any more spikes like that for a while if the current rainfall trend continues.

BTW - sharks and dolphins have learnt to hang around fishing vessels for a feed. So the numbers of sharks we see from our fishing vessels is not representative of the population as a whole.

[Axl]

Care to make comment ontourf?

[TimiBoy]

We have protected sharks to the nth degree, yet wring our hands when someone gets eaten. Greenies. Go figure. Should be fed to the damn sharks.

My Cousin was eaten by one. It's why I don't swim in the Sea - damn good reason I reckon.

[Axl]

From the Courier Mail today, a story on one that slipped through the net so to speak.......... http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1226557288282

[tunaticer]

I think if you looked at the figures there are more people killed by thier pet dogs than even shark nibbles per year.

[tunaticer]

From the Courier Mail today, a story on one that slipped through the net so to speak.......... http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1226557288282

If that swimming enclosure is what it appears to be (a bait net) any reasonable fish can lift the anchor line and push through underneath. If that is the councils excuse for a swimming enclosure, they should be exposed and shamed for their efforts.

[MudRiverDan]

Sharks eat turtles, so maybe the area looked just too good not to drop in for a turtle or two.
The preservation of one animal is the preservation of another animals food and sharks being an apex predator will more than likely be turning up to the dinner table a bit more often.

Just make sure its not yr foot their chewing on.

Dan

[macka17]

Hey.

The water is THEIR environment. We are the intruders. They were around long b4 the little vermin we call humans were.
Pity they don't eat a few more of them (humans) in my eyes. we got plenty of shit out there would make real good shark bait.
I know a few I wouldn't mind trolling for shark. Even put a cut or two in them first.
It's only a bit of payback anyway when one of ém gets one of us. We've killed\kill more than they ever could of us.
Why whinge..
.You go in any seawater you instantly become part of the food chain, and not the top of it either.
Remember that.