Perhaps this section was most telling:
But a six-month study commissioned by the Outer Cape towns and released in October 2019 looked at the efficacy of more than two dozen shark-mitigation strategies, including the Clever Buoy, as well as nets, virtual barriers, electromagnet devices to deter sharks, and drones, among others. The report ultimately concluded that most either didn’t have enough evidence that they actually worked, had limited efficacy, or wouldn’t work on Cape Cod’s shoreline—except one: modifying human behavior.
This has been the primary way that public-safety officials have mitigated shark risk over the past eight to nine years, said Suzanne Grout Thomas, director of community services for Wellfleet, a fishing town about 15 miles from the tip of Cape Cod. Since Medici’s death, towns have stepped up their protocols, limiting how far out people can swim and closing beaches to swimming, sometimes several times a day. Lifeguards and even some members of the public are trained in “stop the bleed” practices for bites, and signs warn about the presence of sharks. “Our biggest contribution to this is educating the general public as to how sharks can be anticipated to behave,” says Thomas. And she already sees signs it is working. People swim closer to shore, or don’t swim at all, and they react faster when the lifeguards blow their whistles to clear the water.
So, let me get this right....the govt worked hard and succeeded in getting the seal population back up, but seals are a great source of food for sharks, creating this situation, but it's human behavior that has to change?
I mean, I get it...fish will be fish. But now people are being blamed for the shark attacks. That's like blaming people wearing expensive watches for getting robbed.
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“This is a story about fish. Not the tasty kind like you find at Long John Silvers where you can get the Steamer Special for $10 with all the napkins and straws you want.”
That is what is happening, because as long as the seals and sharks are protected by the Federal Govt. and the States, any solution will fail.
. This goes back to 2019 when a study group released its findings. Excerpt below: -Tom
"The only way to be completely safe from a shark attack, a new report released Wednesday concludes, is to stay out of the water".
"The $50,000 study by the Woods Hole Group analyzed 27 shark mitigation alternatives but did not recommend any single or group of solutions. "