MA doesn’t need shark deterrent.
It needs politician and bureaucrat deterrent.
Custom order some big enough from Havahart, bait ‘em with big bills, and leave them around the state legislature...
How would we truly know if this company’s “shark deterrent” technology is for real or not?
We can’t because human contact with big white sharks is minimal so you can’t adequately test the device.
Here’s a USA Today story that says only one person a year in the US is killed by sharks in a year.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/07/11/sharks-humans-no-fair-fight/775409002/
Be there are hints the company is hedging and probably out to make a fast buck. I cite three indicators from their website:
1. They say the technology is “patented” but don’t mention which country it’s patented in — no references.
2. Their slogan is “Nothing is more effective”, which, interestingly, would be true even if NO solution (including theirs) is truly proven to work.
3. Their website is long on publicity videos and short on research data and explanations.
So it’s group of Aussies out to make a dishonest buck by scaring the public into mandating the government pay for their bloody electronic gadgets.
I was born and raised on the Cape. I remember when my cousin there tried to create a market for a Cape Cod sun tanning lotion. He had the great publicity stunt to load a couple gallons of the sun tanning oil in a back pack and used a spray nozzle so he could walk the beach and give people a spray of the oil to try out.
It was a novel marketing idea. I even heard it was a great way to meet girls at the beach. But the product went nowhere.
So I recommend a Cape entrepreneur modify his idea by including shark repellent oil in the lotion. One dollar a spray sounds like good insurance against getting a shark bite.
Shark repellent, sun tanning oil, electronic gadgets, and vaccinated people still wearing Covid19 masks. One way or another, politicians and crooked salesmen are still making money from snake oil.