Shark culling is still being a problem over many years in WA. The catch and kill program has been applied to sharks where the sharks will get killed if they found the sharks over 3 metres. They are using a technique where they put the blood and sharks get attracts to blood they come near the blood and then kill the sharks in where they should use a tracking system like the United States. So they track the sharks so everyone knows where the sharks are on that beach or not. Sharks are considered as main spices in the ocean which means that sharks are extremely important in maintaining a balance of marine ecosystems. (Riesa Su, 2014) Removing all the sharks from an ecosystem can lead to a massive shift in the balance and from which the food chain can be affected (mewing J, 2010).The shark culling should be stopped do not need to kill them. Sharks live in their home they only do attacks when people attempt to go near them. The government did not notice that they are also killing animals that live under water and the animals like dolphins, sea turtles like creatures (Brawny sphere) .The WA Governments shark cull policy is an infective, and damaging the policy.
The government is wasting money and damaging the environment. Mr Colin Barnett is paying more than $ 5700 a day to a fisherman who monitors the drum lines and the state government has authorized $ 6.85 million of funding the project and $ 2 million is to be spent specially on tracking great whites and stings the drum lines in order to kill them. For the past twenty years, roughly one person is killed per year (McPhee, 2012). . However seven people have lost their lives to shark attack of past three alone. (Guest blogger, 2014) In the year of (1959to 1967) in Hawaii , drum lin...
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...hy and balanced for over 400 million years.
The shark culling is already done in Hawaii and the shark cull didn’t work. In between 1959 to 1976 where 4668 sharks were killed off the coast of Hawaii an attempt to improve public fear and reduce shark attacks but in Australia ,where the shark culling have been the primary culling technique for years we see the same lack of effectiveness
.the shark nets have been effective at capturing and killing a high percentage of marine creatures that marine scientists and shark experts still don’t fully understand the consequences of removing the sharks from ecosystem. Some people who don’t care about ecosystem they should get one thing in their mind that sharks belongs to ocean and humans out of the ocean that will better for the ecosystem .Especially surfers need to accept the fact that the ocean belongs to the sharks.
Kish, P., 2012. Most Shark fishing is now banned from beaches and jetties in a year-long trial. [Online]
As they are at the top of the food chain, sharks play a very important role in the oceans in a way that an average fish does not. Sharks keep populations of other fish healthy and in proper proportion for their ecosystem. By preying on the old, sick or slower fish in a population, they prevent the spread of disease and prevent outbreaks that could be devastating. According to Ransom Myers from Shark savers, “sharks may be gone within the next decades if we continue to kill them, resulting in the loss of important foods that we depend on for survival, causing a marine ecosystem imbalance.” At the same time, I accept that shark nets could be useful, especially in shark infested areas that have been renowned as spots where many attacks have occurred, but I still believe, as you would, that scientists should spend more resources on working out why it is becoming more common for sharks to be entering shallower waters, looking for food – namely seals, who just happen to look like
...doesn't have to exist. If there aren't many sharks left, just about everything would be affected. From the food web to the climate which would then link to climate change. People should focus on the BIG problems and worry less about the smaller problems that wouldn't affect everyone. If swimmers and surfers would take a chance and risk their lives in the sharks homes then it's their decision, we shouldn't have to worry about that. Each and everyone of us has a brain, which is used for thinking and creating new ideas. If everyone speak out then the world would hear our ideas to solve the problem. It doesn't matter how stupid your ideas may sound or if you're not a celebrity. Everyone has a voice! If everyone tries to stop the culling of sharks then the law will one day be abolished. We can set an example for other countries to follow! Let's show them what we can do!
The largest issue associated with the Queensland shark control program (QSCP) in Queensland is the considerable damage it causes to marine wildlife along the coastline. It is indiscriminate when killing marine animals that swim in close proximity to the shark nets. Between 2001 – 2003, 6250 sharks were caught on drum lines alone, 97% of which were considered as a conservation risk according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Under those circumstances, it is only appropriate to preserve the lives of Sharks and acknowledge their importance to the ecosystem, because without them, the aquatic world may collapse and affect the world on the surface likewise. With the ecosystem gone, the niche of the Sharks are gone too, which lead to depletion of the rest of the marine life. This will cause much economic stress and lead to failure. We must know killing sharks are wrong, and we must stop it.
In conclusion, shark nets do work and they don't. Scientist might find a way to prevent shark attacks with shark nets or in the feature they might find different ways. Or scientist may invent a way that will only prevent shark attacks and won’t kill any other sea life. To sum up, they need to do some thinking and protect the sea, which is great for sea life, and it is great for the
Expanded and strengthened state private insurance companies are to be expected since more younger Texans enter the market thanks to the premium support. Texas can expect savings through more proper use of medical care, lower numbers in Medicaid, and savings from increased recipient cost sharing. Texas must refuse to comply with the new high-risk pools. There are many reasons Texas should not comply but the main reason is poor design. Currently, eighteen states have decided not to participate in these pools, Texas is undecided. Any person with a pre-existing medical disorder whom has been without insurance for six month will qualify. The law gave the Department of Health discretion in determining with conditions qualifies. Theoretically, the Department of Health could say the flu is a pre existing medical condition. If Texas does not refuse to comply with these pools it is only a matter of time before the demand will exceed the supply. A huge concern is when the funding is gone what do the state politicians do. I see two options. One, state officials will end the coverage all together and pull the plug. Two, continue to allow the program to run with the use of state tax dollars.
The Grey Nurse shark has a current conservation status of endangered in Queensland and critically endangered throughout all of Australia. Since 1996 the grey nurse shark has been protected nationally, and is listed in two different populations. It is believed that there are
During the Great Depression, while the competitors were cutting costs and reusing outdated designs, Kress was expanding and building more elaborate stores than their previous ones. The architecture was referred to as an “emporium” evoking an elegant atmosphere more suited to a fine cloth or furniture store in New York rather than the five & dime stores dotting small town America. Many wonder what the driving force was behind these design decisions, especially during a national time of economic recession. Perhaps simply to outpace the competition, but perhaps more importantly Samuel Kress was an avid art collector and a proponent of public art enhancing a community. In this way the Kress legacy of the brand became more than a retail business, it became a symbol of small town civic pride.
Jaws is a horror movie about a rogue shark that enjoyed nothing more than hunting down and devouring innocent bystanders. The movie quickly evolved into a cult-classic with three sequels and an ensemble of mentally scarred fans. Although Jaws caused an uproar of fear throughout the world, its portrayal of the monstrous shark and its appetite for humanity isn’t all so accurate. In fact,contrary to popular belief, sharks actually dislike the taste of humans. Apparently, we’re too bony for their liking. Often times, when a shark does attack a human, it was simply because of a miscalculation on the sharks part. Sharks actually have fairly poor eyesight (they rely on smell and electrical sense to find prey), so when they see a surfer out in the water, they actually usually mistake you for a big tasty turtle or seal. After they get a nibble of you and realize how boney you are, chances are they will become disinterested and swim away. Although this sounds scary, shark attacks actually cause an extremely insignificant amount of deaths per year. According to National Geographic, approximately 12 people died from shark attacks in 2011. People kill 11,417 sharks are killed per hour. Statistically you are more likely to die from being struck by lightning, being trampled by a cow, being attacked by your dog, or being hit in the head with a coconut than from a shark attack. To add to that, of the nearly four hundred species of sharks, only about ten of those species have ever caused harm toward humans. Unfortunately, hysteria fear and misunderstanding has created an excuse for people to ignore the fact that these animals are facing
Hello everyone, thank you all for coming. I am here today to talk about the removal of a number of sharks from the wild. As West Australians you would be aware of the increasing number of fatal shark attacks in our state. In 2015 alone we had five deaths and this year already 3 divers and surfers have lost their lives in shark attacks- these are individual and community-wide tragedies! Whilst a number of initiatives have been discussed and or trialed by our government we need to find an effective solution to prevent further deaths.
The Australian government has recently come out with a 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan, which aims to ensure the Outstanding Universal Value of the Great Barrier Reef continues to improve each decade between now and 2050. In this, they plan to address the issues of illegal fishing and create stricter laws against fishing in and around The Great Barrier Reef. The Australian government plans to not entirely ban fishing in The Great Barrier Reef but rather track the areas of endangered species and where vast amount of fish are and mark it off so recreational and commercial fishers know not to fish in or around there. By doing this helps with solving bycatch and also the massive amount of predators that are being caught. Another major thing being done to fix this problem is providing extra protection to turtles and dugongs through tough new laws against poaching, and improved sustainability agreements with Indigenous communities (“Highlights of”).
Shark finning should not be allowed since poachers are throwing away shark carcases back into the ocean wasting away the majority of meat and only keeping the fins making the shark population decline rapidly, it is also inhumane to kill any animal in such a manner, and the loss of sharks are destroying ecosystem. I completely disagree with the waste of sharks and the idea of killing mass populations of sharks for just fins, the results are more severe than one would think since other populations will die out or increase in the marine biology. Beum et al found out that eight species of shark have declined by fifty percent. Over the course of 10 years of shark finning. Sharks are being killed at a rate of one-hundred million a year.
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste is shaping up to be a shark slaughterhouse. Every year in the region, more than 3 million sharks http://www.care2.com/causes/killing-sharks-is-bad-news-for-climate-change.html