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Dear TECHDIVERS, > > In Australia is there a save-the-whales-type movement to put the > > great white shark on the protected list? I read that it is on the > > protected list in South Africa. The GW is a protected species here in South Africa. > Anyway, we are entering their world. Seems a bit unfair to wipe > them out of their home just becasue we want to visit. Agreed. > ......although there are a lot of C. carcharias attacks off the coast of > S.Africa. Someone else might like to comment on S.Africa. There are not "a lot" of attacks by GW's. A spearfisherman recently went "missing". Bits of his suit were found sometime later and taken to Len Compagno of the South African Museum here in Cape Town - he is supposedly 'THE' GW expert - who apparently said that the bite pattern is not that of a GW (there is however, some debate going on about this at present). However, my guess is that many divers assume that any shark they see is a GW - I guess (again) mainly due to the media hype about shark attacks and movies like "Blue Water, White Death". My 2 cents worth. Cheers, Jan. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | JAN L. KORRUBEL Marine Biology Research Institute | | ------------------- Department of Zoology | | University of Cape Town | | INTERNET Addresses: 7700 Rondebosch | | JKORRUBE@ZO*.UC*.AC*.ZA* SOUTH AFRICA | | KRRJAN01@UC*.UC*.AC*.ZA* | | FAX: (27 21) 6853937 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | KA-ASHER HAZIYIN OMED, HAMOAH BETAHAT | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
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