Posted on 11/17/2019 10:28:23 AM PST by Capt. Tom
IF the agencies asked, I believe that a great many individual/groups/foundations/agencies would help underwrite a MUCH larger catch/tag/release program.
(I’m FAR from the only person in the USA, who is fascinated with Great Whites.)
To paraphrase a Bible verse: “Those who ask NOT, neither do they receive.”
Yours, TMN78247
The white sharks are killed "accidentally", and some are not reported.
Commercial fishermen and others are required by Federal regulations to report accidental catches, of white sharks
This is the equivalent of having them dial 1-800-SHUT ME DOWN.
Some will not do it, since their livelihood can be at stake.
Some will call in. See:
https://www.patriotledger.com/news/20180729/10-foot-great-white-shark-brought-into-scituate-harbor
-Tom
Lol, that says it all right there.
You can see from a quote below,from a Cape Cod newspaper, the number of shark mitigation strategies dicussed; that grasping at straws to describe the present situation would not be that far off.
This shark/people problem hasn't been solved anywhere on this planet. -Tom
The study, which was a collaboration by the six Outer Cape towns, the Cape Cod National Seashore and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, cost around $50,000 and analyzed 27 shark mitigation strategies.
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