Display More[quote='ladvr','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=81857#post81857']Time to go offshore and away from these pesky GWS. Haha....
:@:@:@ The record Short Fin from Mass is 1221lb .
Think of how much tuna,yellowtail, and seals that shark must consume to swim each day......but what a beautiful fish to be removed from the sea and not consumed.:(
Cheers, Don
A majestic animal for sure. Kill it eat it.:nono:
Those are some amazing animals but all these sightings are not convincing me to jump in the water. Are these sightings keeping any of you out of the water in these locations? Am I just being overly cautious by not diving these spots?
The statistics are on your side. More likely to get run over by a googin.
[quote='Don Paul','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=81867#post81867']
A majestic animal for sure. Kill it eat it.:nono:
I agree, I personally feel '' donated to research'' on that much meat is Bull Shite. Even if some body gets to take some home it will taste like piss after dragging it around with it's skin and guts intact for two days. 
What a waste to cut open it's stomach to ''see'' what it eats, than weigh it's liver while every one go's wooo dat heavy.:rolleyes1:
I have no problem with guys fishing Mako if they don't waste the meat.
Cheers, Don
I heard Mako shark is good eats.
I heard Mako shark is good eats.
Very good, I shot one that finally got me pissed off after 5 close pass's and a poke. Even a 8 footer can hit your ankles and cut a artery. I cut off the head on the swim step, and had the steaks on ice still twitching.
It was very good meat on the Barbi.
I would not target them however.
Cheers, Don
Poor form and bad karma...
Fake shark warning signs posted at popular California surf spot, - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL
What would really suck is a guy that drives 5 miles North to surf and get's hit there.
Cheers, Don
Another fake...
:nono:
Thanks buddy.
Cheers, Don
More drama in the water this morning. A guy on a SUP see's a five foot shark just outside and calls it a juvi GWS. So a surfer paddles in and alerts the LG on duty. About 15 minutes later baywatch shows up with jetski's and boat and start clearing the surf camp kids out of the water. I could not ID the shark but it was docile and swam away when I paddle up to it. Not in PV. A few miles north.
Water is still warm but not much bait.
That shark has been there all week, I lost a fin next to that jetty on Monday, been back a few times looking for it but havent seen the shark yet.
Dave
Not much activity this morning. All the news copters moved on. :thumbsup2:
A couple of sharks in the ocean..... who would have thought.:rolleyes1:
History Chanel needs to get out here with some body like my old friend Manny and we got a show.:):cuba::shark2:
Cheers, Don
http://www.sharkresearchcommit…ific_coast_shark_news.htm
Rancho Palos Verdes**—**On July 22, 2013 Dan Salas, captain of the Triumphant, a 90-foot whale watching catamaran from Harbor Breeze Cruises was about ¾ of a mile off of Rancho Palos Verdes reported the following;“It was*about 3:30PM and we were off the coast in front of Trump National Golf Course in 300 feet of water just beyond the kelp line. We noticed a little bit of a disturbance next to the boat. We pulled alongside and stopped the boat and there was an 18-foot Great White Shark that bit a 200-pound Sea Lion with one bite completely in half. The shark came out of nowhere in a blink of an eye. In two seconds, it was over. After slicing through the sea lion, the shark then circled the carcass for 30 minutes before gobbling it up. The shark showed no fear, and came right to our 90-foot boat and swam right up to the boat to chase us away from his fresh kill."Please report any shark sighting, encounter, or attack to the Shark Research Committee.*
Rancho Palos Verdes**—**On July 22, 2013 Dan Salas, captain of the Triumphant, a 90-foot whale watching catamaran from Harbor Breeze Cruises was about ¾ of a mile off of Rancho Palos Verdes reported the following;“It was*about 3:30PM and we were off the coast in front of Trump National Golf Course in 300 feet of water just beyond the kelp line. We noticed a little bit of a disturbance next to the boat. We pulled alongside and stopped the boat and there was an 18-foot Great White Shark that bit a 200-pound Sea Lion with one bite completely in half. The shark came out of nowhere in a blink of an eye. In two seconds, it was over. After slicing through the sea lion, the shark then circled the carcass for 30 minutes before gobbling it up. The shark showed no fear, and came right to our 90-foot boat and swam right up to the boat to chase us away from his fresh kill."Please report any shark sighting, encounter, or attack to the Shark Research Committee.*
Nice find. One of my favorite dive spots before the closures.
Salas said a KNBC-TV news crew had joined him to shoot video of blue whales off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. They were looking for Hook, a whale missing half a tail, and Delta, which has a tail whose ends turn upward like a plane wing.
"While we were taking video of Delta the blue whale, we noticed a little bit of a disturbance next to the boat," Salas said. "We stopped the boat and there was an 18-foot great white shark that bit a 200-pound sea lion with one bite completely in half."
Salas said he spent 30 years on the ocean and had never seen such a sight. Adult great white sharks, which can grow to 21 feet, are rarely spotted in local waters. Salas said the shark "came out of nowhere in a blink of an eye. In two seconds, it was over."
"To see it right in of you was awesome," Salas said. "We were right off the coast of Palos Verdes. It's equivalent to a lion eating a zebra."
After slicing through the sea lion, the shark then circled the carcass for 30 minutes before gobbling it up. Salas said he moved in closer so the crew could shoot video, but the shark wasn't happy.
"The shark showed no fear," he said. "The shark came right to our 90-foot boat with no fear and swam right up to the boat to chase us away from his fresh kill."
Salas said the coastal waters are teeming with whales and wildlife. Last week, a whale-watching captain saw a much smaller great white shark, and another one on Saturday in the same area.
On July 10, the crew of a sheriff's helicopter cleared some swimmers and surfers off the El Porto section of Manhattan Beach when two large sharks -- about 6 feet in length -- were spotted below.
"Maybe there are a lot more sharks swimming off the coast than we know," he said.
I saw some vid of it on the news the night it happened, but can't find it now. I could see shore very clearly
close by. This one is pretty big.....Dan hurry up with that shark proof Zebra suit.:D
My club was nice enough to send me a email this morning to give me a heads up.
Cheers, Don
Good perspective here...
Great white hype: The truth about white sharks and what their local presence means
I level headed piece of writing.
Cheers, Don
Interesting stuff here...
http://www.sharkmitigation.com/index.html
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Shark Attack Mitigation Systems is located in Perth, Western Australia – a coastline that has recently experienced the highest incidence of fatal shark attacks in the world, including 5 fatalities in the last 2 years.
Prompted by community concern, SAMS founders Hamish Jolly and Craig Anderson collaborated with The Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia to discover practical solutions for shark attack protection.
The Government of Western Australia has shown a significant commitment to mitigation of shark attacks along the Western Australian coastline. Through its Innovation Voucher Program, the Government of Western Australia provided early co-investment for the initial research and development work by Shark Mitigation Systems and University of Western Australia. Live testing of the prototype materials was also undertaken as part a wider University of Western Australia research program supported by the Government's Applied Research Program, through the Department of Commerce.
Jolly and Anderson began connecting dots within the large body of anecdotal evidence suggesting visual contrast, colours, shapes and patterns may impact how a shark perceives and engages with objects and other creatures in the marine environment.
They noted, for example, that for some decades Australian Marine Biologist Dr Walter Starck has been an advocate for painting white stripes on his black wetsuit to act as a shark repellent. Famous Australian naturalist and environmentalist, Dr Harry Butler shared a similar view as to this effect, although with yellow and black stripes.
Historically, anthropologists report that some traditional Pacific Island tribes hold a belief that specific patterns painted on the body are effective in protecting against shark attack.
Meantime, scientists in the study of marine biomimicry note the disruptive coloration of many fish species and the striped coloration of pilot fish (the only fish to deliberately reside around a shark's mouth in 100% safety).
Both commercial innovators with science backgrounds, in 2011 Jolly and Anderson decided to test what scientific principles might underly this evidence, starting with the physiology of predatory shark vision and shark neurology and behaviour.
At the same time, the team of globally recognised experts under Professor Shaun Collin and Dr Nathan Hart at the University of Western Australia's Oceans Institute, had just announced the discovery that sharks see in black and white, not colour.
Early in 2012, and with the financial support of the Western Australian government, SAMS commissioned the Oceans Institute to complete the necessary research culminating in a report entitled "Predicting cryptic and conspicuous wetsuit colours and patterns for the purposes of shark attack mitigation in Western Australian waters".
Jolly and Anderson then asked the original designer of the famous Quiksilver brand, Ray Smith, a former Californian, lifetime surfer and designer of some of the world's best selling wetsuits, to incorporate the Oceans Institute's scientific and technological findings into the design of a range of shark deterrent wetsuits and materials for marine watersports.
Early in 2013, the University conducted the first round of independent testing in a live environment off the coast of Western Australia, with positive results.
A film crew commissioned by National Geographic documented the testing process, for incorporation into a feature piece to be released wordwide in July 2013.
Subsequent to testing, SAMS registered provisional patents, designs and trademarks for its technology and has entered into a licensing agreement for materials manufacture with Yamamoto Corporation of Japan.
Yamamoto Corporation is a neoprene manufacturer which specialises in water sports apparel. Yamamoto’s wetsuit material is used in over 90% of the global triathlon wear market.
SAMS has also entered into its first licensing agreement with Radiator Wetsuits.
Radiator is an Australian export success story and continues to innovate in wetsuit development (distributing to consumers worldwide via their online store). The company is already well known for being the original developer of innovative light weight thermal vests which have now become almost standard wear for surfers and divers. At the cutting edge of technology, Radiator combines four revolutionary layers that make up possibly the thinnest and most flexible wetsuit on the market.
Radiator is the first end-user manufacturer and retailer of the applied research products.
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