Australian Minister Bans 4WD Shark Fishing
It’s very disapointing to learn about something, especially when its dangerously fun, just as it’s just being banned. Apparently those crazy Aussies use surfboards to swim salmon baits, some weighing more than 200 grams, out to schools of juvenile Great White Sharks, then reel them in from a chair mounted on the back of a 4WD vehicle.
“I found it quite extraordinary what these individuals were doing, very dangerous to themselves and very dangerous to beachgoers in the area,” he said.
“Great white sharks are highly territorial and attracting them to that area is a danger not only to people doing the practice, but also other members of the community.”
The Minister has a point though, the last thing you want to do is enforce the idea that surfboards equal food to Great White Sharks.
UPDATE:An Australian marine biologist says that 4WD shark fishing highlight an unusual concentration of great whites in the region and could actually trigger new research into juvenile great whites in the area, hopefully opening new avenues of scientific research.
“It raises all sorts of questions as to whether those sharks are there regularly on a seasonal basis,” he said.
“Is it an unusual occurrence with large schools of australian salmon concentrating on these sharks, or are they there every year?
“And it just happens to be that this particular method of fishing has been successful in catching a number of these sharks that would’ve gone unnoticed otherwise.”
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