Interesting quote from Charl de Villiers: and just to repeat some of the basic statistics quite easily accessible to anyone: on average around the world 100,000,000 sharks are killed per annum, this is ~7% of their population, granted it is above sustainable levels (4.9%). This is largely due to Asias shark fin soups. Now on average in Qld, only 500 sharks per year die in nets and hooks, thats 0.0005% of the 7% so its a microscopic fraction of a fraction of a population. Qld has a significantly larger area thats baited and netted (nets being far more notorious for by-catch etc). So, using basic estimations it can be said that 100 sharks per year is an OVER ESTIMATION of how many could die in WA. 0.0001% of 7% . Anyone that has mathematic abilities above being able to count to ten should be able to see that this is an insignificant number and does not warrant the titles MASSACRE, MASS CULL, EXTERMINATION OF A SPECIES and all other such extravagant answers. Yes its not ideal but its a far cry from what everyone is suggesting is happening.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 07:13:05 +0000
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