Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Gone shark fishing

A lone fishing boat in False Bay seen from Cape Point. At the far end is Muizenberg peak.
Actually it might look like a fishing boat, but it is a shark research vessel for Ocearch which is rather controversial as they use chumming (throwing bait into the water) to attract sharks for filming and tagging, and many people are totally opposed to this practice of interfering with nature as, they rightly point out, the behaviour of all wild animals is modified by humans feeding them. They become habituated to the feeding and end up becoming a nuisance to humans - caused by humans in the first place. But they have a permit from the authorities ...

4 comments:

  1. What a view!! Thank you for posting this.

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  2. linda vista, um barco isolado no meio do mundo

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  3. And then a body boarder gets killed on the same day as this post. Did you have a premonition?

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  4. No, funnily enough. I added that last bit in later - after posting it when I heard the news and realised that my "fishing boat" was actually the Ocearch boat.

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