The tiger shark post

[Scubaroo]

Your kidding. The Greenie, dope smokin, vegie eaten, Hippy attitude just shines on that site.

Just did a straw poll - about 55% of divers on DiveOz who responded to the poll also fish. That figure is probably in line with the general population. There's a vocal few who appear to give the board a certain slant, but they're certainly not representative of the general user population.

[A_DIFF_PERSPECTIVE]

#Sharks at that size mentioned have fins worth approx $100-120 per kg. The fins from those 4 sharks between 3 and 4 metres long would fetch a person approximately $3200 cash in hand. It is one of those alluring facets of the shark fin market that has participation from both commercial and rec fisherman. Commercial fisherman found with fins must also possess the corresponding shark carcass, which stops the indiscriminate wasting of shark bodies at sea for just the collection of fins. eg, a commercial boat that goes to see for two weeks can catch and sell shark fins on return if they also possess the shark carcasses for utilisation. No boat is likely to catch 30 sharks and return to land with 30 large carcasses. This is the rule that is supposed to limit the numbers of sharks that can be legally captured for the fin market.
I imagine this is where the fins went off these large tigers.
johnny