Gorilla_in_Manila
02-10-2004, 10:01 AM
Hmmmm.... I wonder how many GNS were killed by rec fishers at Byron last month?
Oh, let me guess...
BIG FAT DONUT perhaps??
[smiley=wut.gif]
There is that squeaky wheel screaming for more grease again. (and suceeding in gaining media attention) :-/
ABC news article
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/northcoast/200410/s1210966.htm
Australia : NSW : Lismore
Last Update: Friday, October 1, 2004. 9 AM (AEST)
Shark deaths prompt call for nets rethink
The deaths of two endangered sharks have sparked anger from NSW Green groups, and a call for restrictions on shark nets.
Two grey nurse sharks died last month.
With only limited numbers of the shark left, the deaths have drawn an angry response.
Greens' MLC Ian Cohen says the nets do not protect swimmers.
"I have been calling on the Minister to consider not laying the nets before the end of the whale migration season at a minimum, but because of their lack of coverage on the coast they don't actually prevent the sharks getting in and 40 per cent of the sharks are captured on the way back out," he said.
"So they don't represent an effective protection for swimmers and yet we're seeing our harmless, threatened species like the grey nurse being destroyed."
Oh, let me guess...
BIG FAT DONUT perhaps??
[smiley=wut.gif]
There is that squeaky wheel screaming for more grease again. (and suceeding in gaining media attention) :-/
ABC news article
=================================
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/northcoast/200410/s1210966.htm
Australia : NSW : Lismore
Last Update: Friday, October 1, 2004. 9 AM (AEST)
Shark deaths prompt call for nets rethink
The deaths of two endangered sharks have sparked anger from NSW Green groups, and a call for restrictions on shark nets.
Two grey nurse sharks died last month.
With only limited numbers of the shark left, the deaths have drawn an angry response.
Greens' MLC Ian Cohen says the nets do not protect swimmers.
"I have been calling on the Minister to consider not laying the nets before the end of the whale migration season at a minimum, but because of their lack of coverage on the coast they don't actually prevent the sharks getting in and 40 per cent of the sharks are captured on the way back out," he said.
"So they don't represent an effective protection for swimmers and yet we're seeing our harmless, threatened species like the grey nurse being destroyed."