Not always.
Posted on 10/22/2019 10:45:56 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
NORTH EASTHAM — Thursday night marked the first time the public had an opportunity to weigh in on a recently released report on shark detection, deterrence, exclusion and other alternatives intended to keep people safe, or at least safer, when they enter the water at Outer Cape Beaches.
“There’s a lot of techniques out there, and none of them are all that perfect, that’s what it comes down to,” said Todd Morrison, an oceanographic engineer for the Woods Hole Group, which produced the Outer Cape Shark Mitigation Alternative Analysis.
The report was prepared under a $50,000 contract paid for by the six Outer Cape towns, the National Park Service and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. “I doubt there ever will be a 100% solution to this,” said Brian Carlstrom, superintendent of the Cape Cod National Seashore. “It’s a huge, monumental change in how we recreate in the ocean.”
But David Pike of Wellfleet saw something in the Woods Hole Group report that he liked. In analyzing the technological alternatives, Morrison suggested layering detection technology with a high-flying plane giving the big picture, balloons with high definition cameras and drones to check out anything suspicious....snipped
(Excerpt) Read more at capecodtimes.com ...
"The report praised efforts like Wellfleet’s as the only measures with proven effectiveness in reducing interactions between sharks and humans. High-tech solutions like drones, balloons and sonar buoys and deterrents like electromagnetic and magnetic devices on people, surfboards or those used as a shark-proof barrier were not far enough along in efficacy for towns to consider investing millions of dollars. Some solutions to reduce populations of seals or sharks were illegal under current law while others were too expensive, without any track record of results where they were tried."
So we have just about reached the wait till next year phase. - Tom
Bigger “NO SHARKS BEYOND THIS POINT” signs should do the trick.
Call Quinn
They actually did something along those lines this year when bigger more alarming signs were posted at beaches, warning of potential white sharks near the beaches -Tom
There is one foolproof method of avoiding shark attacks. Stay on the beach.
Cape Cod shark doo doo doo doo doo doo
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Cape Cod shark!
“It’s a huge, monumental change in how we recreate in the ocean.”
Yeah, you can’t swim or surf anymore.
It’s a non-recreation ocean now.
I saw a documentary years ago, before internet, that showed that sharks will not cross a line where there is a small current flowing between two electrodes in the water.
Why this has not been exploited into a Shark Barrier, I don’t know.............
“But David Pike of Wellfleet saw something in the Woods Hole Group report that he liked. In analyzing the technological alternatives, Morrison suggested layering detection technology with a high-flying plane giving the big picture, balloons with high definition cameras and drones to check out anything suspicious....”
Huge gov largess and NO ONE will go in the water.
Nah. He want’s $3,000 to catch him, but $10,000 to kill him.
Something about valuing his life more than 3,000 bucks...
“They actually did something along those lines this year when bigger more alarming signs were posted at beaches, warning of potential white sharks near the beaches”
This is an admission that the beaches are hazardous, yet no one at Woods Hole was is held accountable for the death of the surfer who was eaten alive.
I’ve worked for local governments since 1991. I started out as an entry level engineering assistant and through college and work experience, moved all the way up to City Manager.
Based on that, I concluded years ago that the movie Jaws is a classic case study for understanding the workings of local governments.
Not always.
LOL! Yup. Thanks to our grand-neighbors we know that tune.
I hate that song.
From the top of the food chain to the bottom of the food chain in a few strokes into the surf. No shark sightings in Lake Tahoe yet.
Yeah, you can’t swim or surf anymore.
It’s a non-recreation ocean now.
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yup
LOL! Went for a chopper ride about a dozen years ago over the Cape Canaveral Cocoa Beach shoreline. Lost count of the sharks visible from that vantage point. There were a LOT of them.
Just got back from Dennis, and my dog would not let either my sister or me go near the water. At one point, she grabbed my sister’s sleeve and bodily pulled her away from the ankle-deep surf.
Smart Doggie.
That stood out to me also- “I doubt there ever will be a 100% solution to this,” said Brian Carlstrom, superintendent of the Cape Cod National Seashore. “It’s a huge, monumental change in how we recreate in the ocean.”
The short version is; You are afraid of sharks? Stay out of their domain. The sharks are protected. -Tom
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