Adam
Hi Mark,Any idea of the species? They certainly look an unusual species, my guess is Indonesian Houndsharks which are a relatively rare and newly described and completely harmless. I'm surprised there are any sharks left to be caught around Bali.
kiwi
At least they are not just finning them and throwing them back, I assume they will be filleted and used (I hope!)
kiwi
Any progress on your new shark doc?
kiwi
Funding seems to be an issue on most fronts these days, we are back up in West Sumatra diving in August and then heading back to Bali will you be on the island around then?
pcfhawaii
Hmn thats lame! Mark if you ever want to come see the Bali Shark Conservation nursery, give me a shout.Paul
medysiregar
Its not common here in Indonesia, my guessing is.. they will just get the fins and sell the meat for cheap (just my guessing)
pcfhawaii
Yes fins to Hong Kong & meat ends up in Bakso Balls (didn't know what that mystery meat was, huh?)
soul_surfer
Ive worked an dived on oil fields all through Asia and australia.Unfortunately you very rarely see sharks around the oil fields in asia. Fish life is rare while in Australia sharks are prolific.Did you know shark finning isnt illegal in Australia. Yeah I didnt either but tuna fishermen ect are allowed to take a certain amount of shark fin and its worth alot of money.I love sharks and love seeing them. Even fish are cool when you see them in there environment and have plenty of personality. If only they could scream they to would be protected. Apparently shooting a feral pig is cruel but hooking a fish in the mouth, draggin it back to the boat and letting it suffocate out of the water on the beach or in the bottom of the boat is fun for the whole family. :distant:
Adam
If only they could scream they to would be protected. Apparently shooting a feral pig is cruel but hooking a fish in the mouth, draggin it back to the boat and letting it suffocate out of the water on the beach or in the bottom of the boat is fun for the whole family. :distant:[/QUOTE]Surely is one of the worlds greatest (if not THE greatest) sports and pastimes. Get hooked on fishing, not drugs.Sorry mate but the rest of your post is tripe.
Markit
"Get hooked on fishing not drugs" - the anitpodean Bubba Bush? "Just say NO, mate?!"What's wrong with drugs? Personally I love em. Only thing wrong with recreational drugs is getting caught by some stupid law person trying his best to fulfill the US goal of international prohibition since the one back in the 30s with alchohol worked so well didn't it? Fishing is ridiculous unless it's for food. Spend all day trying to catch the aquatic equivalent of a chicken, but with less brains - what's the point? How did something like fishing ever get the monicker "sport" - the hardest thing in that sport is carrying all your stupid kit down to the water (poles - many, tent, cooler - full of beer, food - lots, grill - for food, sleeping bag, in case of beer/sport induced fainting spell, lures, tools, etc. etc.) Adam stick to Biology at least nobody here knows when you're talking shite.
Rangi
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soul_surfer
Surely is one of the worlds greatest (if not THE greatest) sports and pastimes. Get hooked on fishing, not drugs.Sorry mate but the rest of your post is tripe.[/QUOTE]I dont have a problem with fishing. I have a problem with people who say shooting is cruel then happily go fishing.
Rangi
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Ringo Sweeny
you know Soul Surfer, I was paddling back out to the lineup at Grajagan one day for one last wave before the tide was too low, everyone had gone in, and I was around 200 metres off dry reef in about 20 feet of water, when there was all htis swirling around me and then something big, real big (a 15 foot Tiger Shark) came underneath a pack of about 20 5-6foot White Tipped Reef Sharks, causing them to breach all around me. they all breached about 1-2 feet into the air and then there was absolute stillness. very errie, as I had to keep paddling in the same direction to reach Money Trees to take off, on an 8-10 foot day.all I could think of was my advice from my dive instructor, back at Sea world on the Gold Coast, who told me that sharks respond to the electrical discharges your body emits, especially from your heart, so my mantra was stay strong, keep paddling and thank the Tiger of the Reef for dispersing the Reef Sharks which may have been milling around for a kill.
Ringo Sweeny
when the 1994 tsunami hit Grajagan (300 lost souls from the fishing village) 6 huts got grinded off the point plus a section of the mess hall. 12 surfers heard a large raw like an Airplane sreaming down the reef and then found themselves 40 feet underwater tangled in what was thought to be inpenetrable bamboo jungle. no fatalities amongst the surf crew as they are adept at reaching the surface after a severe wipeout.the point of the story is that there were journals kept going back to early days of the camp. one particular journal from 1981 had a one page entry describing a phenomenon that is as equally hard to fathom as mine in 1990:6 surfers were still in the lineup on an 8 foot day as the tide was dropping fast, closing out the end section. a Javanese Tiger (which are now believed to be extinct; we can only pray that this is not the case) walked out onto the reef and sat contemplating the surfers only 70 metres offshore. whether hungry or just taking some time out from his jungle haunt no-one knew.as the surfers all froze in fear, out behind the lineup the 15 foot resident tiger shark began gliding effortlessly gradually closing on the surfers who were now bunched in a state of surrealism. after about an hour the Tiger had seen what he had ventured out to look at and casually returned to the jungle. in those days the camp was protected by 3 rangers at all times armed with their weapons of choice to ward off the local Tiger family on their nightime foraging adventures. a really special time in a really special place, that is one day earmarked for a large Hotel development.
