SANTA BARBARA — Juvenile white sharks regularly frequent the Southern California Bight and are frequently found off the Santa Barbara coast, a marine biologist told members of the Santa Barbara Harb
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Let see make it illeagle to catch Great White then wonder why swimmers and surfer are being attacked.
The article doesn’t address the fact that it is illegal to sport or commercial catch a White Shark in California. Commercial catch is also prohibited in Oregon and Washington. In addition, on June 4, 2014, consistent with the recommendation of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) determined that based on the best available science, listing the Northeastern Pacific population of white shark as a threatened or endangered species under CESA is not warranted.
Bottom line: White Sharks are illegal to catch in California and the species is doing well.
Can we feed them some politicians? Or would that be endangering the sharks? ;- )
Did anyone else catch that second-to-last sentence of the article?
“Lowe said his research and technology should not be used as an early-warning tool but instead as an educational opportunity.”
That’s what these scientists think of us – they could care less about us! They pretend they are about human safety, but they are only about shark conservation! The sharks are just being sharks. But dishonest scientists… THEY are dangerous!