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Sharks having a whale of a time? : Comments

By Graham Young, published 9/9/2026

Is it time to rethink our attitudes to protecting great whites? Has conserving whales boosted the number of predators in our waters? Maybe a cull is called for.

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“Great white shark takes a bite from a fisherman’s boat”, says the accompanying advertisement: Example of digital tracking!

The digital tracking system:
” A digital tracking system is a combination of hardware and software used to monitor, record, and manage the location, movement, or status of objects, people, or data in real time.”

So, we the people, are afforded the same intrusive interventions used to track tagged sharks in the ocean. Charming isn’t it.

So me thinks, since the people and the sharks they inadvertently mix it up with in the ocean, are infinitely tracked by the digital monsters similarly lorded over by unseen monsters behind the digital screen, why not the same slavish tracking system be applied to the biggest losers from shark attacks, surfboard riders.

Problem solved!
Posted by diver dan, Wednesday, 9 September 2026 10:29:13 AM
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"But ecosystems don't contain isolated species. Change one thing dramatically and other things change with it."
You got this bit right Graham.
There are better things to cull than sharks.
Posted by ateday, Wednesday, 9 September 2026 10:33:34 AM
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And here is the copy of my previous comment from 25/8, when this article was originally posted!

Viz:
No…and it’s past time to extend marine reserves to three klm from shore for entirety of Continent, and ban every activity in this zone with the exception of diving for purpose of observation and protection.

I’ll vote for the party that presents that policy…probably the Greens…
Posted by diver dan, Wednesday, 9 September 2026 10:39:21 AM
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