Should they aggressively cull Sharks???

[Bates]

The majority of the time when you buy fish and chips from a take away shop the fish is called Flake which is a variety of different Shark meat. If you buy and eat fish you drive these markets! Ditto if your pet eats fish.

Approximately 100 Million Sharks are killed annually for human consumption so what difference would it make if another 500 odd were culled to make our beaches safer?

[horrie hastings]

The majority of the time when you buy fish and chips from a take away shop the fish is called Flake which is a variety of different Shark meat. If you buy and eat fish you drive these markets! Ditto if your pet eats fish.

Approximately 100 Million Sharks are killed annually for human consumption so what difference would it make if another 500 odd were culled to make our beaches safer?

We don't eat great white sharks or bull sharks in Australia, there is a bit of a difference between the main stay of the Victorian fishing industry gummy sharks or some of the reef sharks caught off the coast here.
Would be interesting to see what the mercury content would be in the great whites and bull sharks if we ever decided to harvested them for food, would be higher than marlin or even sword fish and there are warnings about eating to much sword fish, marlin rarely turns up on the market unless it is an unexpected by catch.

[Bates]

Maccas use Alaskan Pollock for their Fillet-O-Fish burgers which quite a nice eating fish.

[horrie hastings]

The majority of the time when you buy fish and chips from a take away shop the fish is called Flake which is a variety of different Shark meat. If you buy and eat fish you drive these markets! Ditto if your pet eats fish.

Approximately 100 Million Sharks are killed annually for human consumption so what difference would it make if another 500 odd were culled to make our beaches safer?

I suppose if you culled the top of the order in the food chain there might be more fish to catch .

[horrie hastings]

Maccas use Alaskan Pollock for their Fillet-O-Fish burgers which quite a nice eating fish.

But Macca's fillet of fish aren't nice to eat.

[Bates]

We don't eat great white sharks or bull sharks in Australia, there is a bit of a difference between the main stay of the Victorian fishing industry gummy sharks or some of the reef sharks caught off the coast here.
Would be interesting to see what the mercury content would be in the great whites and bull sharks if we ever decided to harvested them for food, would be higher than marlin or even sword fish and there are warnings about eating to much sword fish, marlin rarely turns up on the market unless it is an unexpected by catch.

Mercury levels on Gummys is moderate however you shouldn't eat more than 1 serve a week.
Mercury levels on Whites and Bull Sharks is off the richter scale. Best for garden fertiliser like Charlie Carp. Family over in NZ bury the Snapper fish frames in their veggie gardens.

A good mate got very sick from eating too much Mulloway. Actually almost killed him as they originally didn't know what was wrong.

[Bates]

But Macca's fillet of fish aren't nice to eat.

Did you know that you can just order the fish fillet, meat patty or chicken fillet without the bun etc?

Tip from the Spanian

[Bates]

I suppose if you culled the top of the order in the food chain there might be more fish to catch .

We're Animals/Cave men. If something threatens our existence we are wired to take them down.

Not all of us

[horrie hastings]

Did you know that you can just order the fish fillet, meat patty or chicken fillet without the bun etc?

Tip from the Spanian

Haven't eaten Maccas for at least 26-28 years since getting food poisoning from my local one which is only about a 100 metres from where i live. When i was working at Marrickville Metro in the liquor shop if a customer walked with their Macca's the smell would make me feel like throwing up. Not planning to ever touch it again as i have not missed it over the last 26-28 year period.

[horrie hastings]

Mercury levels on Gummys is moderate however you shouldn't eat more than 1 serve a week.
Mercury levels on Whites and Bull Sharks is off the richter scale. Best for garden fertiliser like Charlie Carp. Family over in NZ bury the Snapper fish frames in their veggie gardens.

A good mate got very sick from eating too much Mulloway. Actually almost killed him as they originally didn't know what was wrong.

Even the mercury levels were considered quite high in even the luderick caught around North Bondi when the old Bondi murk still operated, luderick are basically weed eaters but i have caught them on prawns and nippers, it was just what was coming out the outfall at the time which was causing the problems back then.

Even though i don't fish in Sydney much anymore i follow the dioxin levels seriously in the harbour, i haven't targeted bream since the warnings came in but still fish and will eat leather jackets caught but even that has been a while since i have fished for them.

[Bates]

Even the mercury levels were considered quite high in even the luderick caught around North Bondi when the old Bondi murk still operated, luderick are basically weed eaters but i have caught them on prawns and nippers, it was just what was coming out the outfall at the time which was causing the problems back then.

Even though i don't fish in Sydney much anymore i follow the dioxin levels seriously in the harbour, i haven't targeted bream since the warnings came in but still fish and will eat leather jackets caught but even that has been a while since i have fished for them.

I remember back in the day when all the Harbour dioxins in fish became the focus.

Recommendations were only eat 150grams of fish east of the Harbour Bridge and do not eat the fish you catch west of the Harbour Bridge. I wondered if they factored in that fish move around. Mr Bream could be at Glebe one day then back at the Opera House the next.

[mightyrooster]

But Macca's fillet of fish aren't nice to eat.

Complete opposite to nice actually.

[horrie hastings]

I remember back in the day when all the Harbour dioxins in fish became the focus.

Recommendations were only eat 150grams of fish east of the Harbour Bridge and do not eat the fish you catch west of the Harbour Bridge. I wondered if they factored in that fish move around. Mr Bream could be at Glebe one day then back at the Opera House the next.

Yes, i watch some you tube clips from a guy from Windsor bait and tackle and he often catches bream up deep in the Parramatta river and they look great and clean but you know they have been lurking up the backs creeks and sewers up there since their birth. The reports on the leather jacket were a lot better with 16 meals a month of 150 gm East of the bridge. Caught many cracker bream in the harbour between the early 80 s up to mid 2000's when the report came out, had eaten a lot of them but it would even back then not exceeded the recommended limits over the years, caught virtually all the bream in the harbour at Kirribilli, only a couple at Balmain one night but as you say you don't know where they originated from.99% of the leatheries also from Kirribilli but some from Balls Head and Greenwich wharf also, when i go back fishing for the jackets again it will be at Kirribilli unless i can get to Parsley Bay easily.

[Mickie Lane]

The majority of the time when you buy fish and chips from a take away shop the fish is called Flake which is a variety of different Shark meat. If you buy and eat fish you drive these markets! Ditto if your pet eats fish.

Approximately 100 Million Sharks are killed annually for human consumption so what difference would it make if another 500 odd were culled to make our beaches safer?

There are significantly more dog attacks and fatalities than shark attacks worldwide. Dog attacks result in over 2,000 hospital admissions annually in Australia alone, and they are roughly 33 times more likely to cause death than a shark attack. Globally, dogs cause around 30,000 human deaths annually,

I hope you dont think we should cull mans best friend.

[Bates]

There are significantly more dog attacks and fatalities than shark attacks worldwide. Dog attacks result in over 2,000 hospital admissions annually in Australia alone, and they are roughly 33 times more likely to cause death than a shark attack. Globally, dogs cause around 30,000 human deaths annually,

I hope you dont think we should cull mans best friend.

A dog that kills someone in Australia is put down in most cases.