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- From: dremsen@mbl.edu (David Remsen)
- Subject: Re: Sharks: Search and destroy??? (listen up!)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.181502.12947@netnews.whoi.edu>
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- Organization: Marine Biological Laboratory
- References: <18NOV199221412504@trentu.ca> <1992Nov20.034615.10362@reed.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 18:15:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.034615.10362@reed.edu>, pbray@sloth.Reed.Edu (Peter Bray) writes:
- >
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- > Actually tiger sharks do pose a great threat to scuba divers.
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- > Peter
-
- How many scuba divers are killed by tiger sharks in Hawaii where this hunt is
- to take place? How many people are killed by this species? Once again, this
- is an example of completely over-reacting to a fairly minor threat. Why we
- do we see these public efforts to wipe out a whole population based on such a
- rare occurance by one or two individuals. We certainly don't see any such efforts
- made toward curbing homicides or vehicular deaths.
-
- > Actually tiger sharks are assumed to have a nil effect on
- > population dynamics in the food chain
-
- I think it's ludicrous regardless of the role these predators play in the ecosystem.
- Where is the ethical justification for this? When are we going to wise up/ This isn't
- about managing a shark fin fishery or even a sport fishing industry. It's not even
- paranoia. It's simply focusing on something controllable to avoid dealing with issues
- that are more complex.
-
- I support any petition against this decision.
-
- David Remsen
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