Why Not Allow Sharks Fishing In Australia To Reduce Shark Biting Incidents On Its Beach?
The world frowns upon the acts of the Japanese in catching whales? Why not, the Japanese, instead divert their business in catching sharks in Australia to reduce shark attacks in their beaches?
This is an issue that is not being focused on enough,perhaps for political reasons – Commercial fishermen(not sport fishermen) are seriously depleting the world’s fish stocks including sharks, which they often just cut the fins off of and toss the entire carcass back into the sea.
Shark numbers are down,along with a lot of other marine species that are over-fished.
I suppose if sharks were extinct there would not be any attacks in Australia, but how would that affect the balance of nature, and the future human population?
We need to cut back on the numbers of fish, including sharks that are commercially caught,not harvest more.
Then we will have a diverse fish species available for future generations.
Just as whales can be over harvested sharks also can be over taken very easily because spawning runs can lead to over harvesting.Also arent the attacks usually by grt whites in or near seal colonies!And the over harvest of large pelagic species has been proven to be very bad because of age for reproduction.
It’s the sharks ocean. They won’t attack if you get out of the water.
Sharks are also a protected species like whales and we go into their habitat not the other way round and apparently the Japanese are doing scientific research on the whales and shark attacks in Australia aren’t that frequent.
Sharks are sometimes fished closer to shore and they could swim their way towards the bait then go towards the beeches. Some fishing is done from shore also.
Some species of sharks are already legally fished in Australia. Others are protected as they are endangered. Shark attacks are extremely rare so I don’t think there is any need to reduce numbers. If you don’t want to get bitten, get out of the sea! The sharks were there first!
The sharks are nessecary to keep the number of tourists in check.