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Shark drum line off Scarborough

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Created by jay > 9 months ago, 1 Feb 2014
jay
WA, 55 posts
1 Feb 2014 9:29AM
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Clearly little thought has gone into this shark cull. Fisheries have dropped a drum line / shark bait out off Scarborough exactly where most kiters and wind surfers turn around after they tack out to sea. Perhaps the City of Stirling should put up signs to warn kiters and wind surfers of this. Pretty stupid.

the gaz
WA, 173 posts
1 Feb 2014 10:25AM
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Noticed the same of Sth Trigg beach last night, pretty much where I turn to tack up to Scarbs. Didn't see any tree huggers out there trying to destroy them, maybe they'll wait till after dark.

Found it a bit disconcerting knowing that sharks will find food in the area even if it's on a hook.

cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
1 Feb 2014 10:43AM
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cmon look at it, catch a shark near a public beach will give the local government a big pr bonus, to justify this approach,

etoh
WA, 16 posts
1 Feb 2014 11:32AM
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Just snuck an early kite this morning (love getting out early) at mullaloo and noticed there's also a drum line right in the middle of the kiting zone, maybe 300m of the beach. It's a small enough area for kiting as it is without putting extra bouys. I noticed there's also some red and white markers 100m either side of the drum lines that are new. Does that mean that we are supposed to stay away, if so I guess that means the entire kiting area off the beach is out?
Regardless of your position on culling big Noah's (and I don't mean to spark that debate again) I think not enough thought and consideration has been put the application of drum lines.

gcdave
534 posts
1 Feb 2014 11:42AM
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Drum lines and nets over the east coast have drawings on the buoys

Nets always get trashed in the cyclone season, heap of marine life caught in them too. Least the drumlines get a few biggish grey suits



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