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General Angling Topics => Conservation and Ethics => Topic started by: Kent on March 09, 2019, 09:58:51 AM
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:shrk: :brnz: :creep: At the expense of getting it in the neck AND this may have been covered before elsewhere IF so please delete...AND I only know what I read and sea on the interweb and THAT story paints a bleak outlook for our sharks in the oceans...elsewhere on the interweb I am busy having a conflagration about this very subject , where some are saying Nooooo...our sharks are a problem and they need to be "culled" and they say they getting this info from SA based marine biologists who say we have a VERY healthy shark population...NOW...is this just SA coast line ???...coz in my mind most and many sharks move around and cover VAST areas of the seas....
Some thoughts as I am just a weekend warrior fisherman.... :hnthnt:
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Last night I have watched Gordon Ramsey's video called shatk bait and it is about shark finning. Shocking is an under statement.
How do you know Adam and Eve were not asian? They would have left the apple and eat the snake.
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Last night I have watched Gordon Ramsey's video called shatk bait and it is about shark finning. Shocking is an under statement.
How do you know Adam and Eve were not asian? They would have left the apple and eat the snake.
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:shrk: :brnz: :creep: At the expense of getting it in the neck AND this may have been covered before elsewhere IF so please delete...AND I only know what I read and sea on the interweb and THAT story paints a bleak outlook for our sharks in the oceans...elsewhere on the interweb I am busy having a conflagration about this very subject , where some are saying Nooooo...our sharks are a problem and they need to be "culled" and they say they getting this info from SA based marine biologists who say we have a VERY healthy shark population...NOW...is this just SA coast line ???...coz in my mind most and many sharks move around and cover VAST areas of the seas....
Some thoughts as I am just a weekend warrior fisherman.... :hnthnt:
I think its important to define what one is referring to when we discuss shark populations. I have no doubt that the global population is down when it comes to sharks as a species.
However, it is still possible that local sub-populations can be thriving and in some cases may have encountered a population explosion. Take the KZN black tips for instance. Anyone who fishes off KZN will attest to the fact that there is no shortage of these fish harassing you.
I think this is where the green beanies can completely derail things. The fact that one sustain-ably harvests individuals from a healthy local population or even culling in too large a population does not impact on global conservation.
Much the same as refusing to cull elephants in Kruger is not assisting in conserving elephants in other regions of Africa.