There is without a doubt that shark threats reduce the public safety on Australia’s popular beaches. How to maintain the safety and protect the environment is a current issue in Australia. Some say shark barrier nets and drumlines are most effective way to avoid shark threats. Buswell (2015) states that by extension, catching sharks that proximity of beaches is making those beaches safer. However, there are also negative impacts on sharks and other marine life by using shark barrier nets or drumlines. This essay will argue that the benefit and drawback of using shark barrier nets and drumlines to maintain public safety on Australia's famous beaches.
A series of steps of keeping swimmers and surfers safer have been said to the public, including …show more content…
There are also drawbacks on sharks and the environment.
First, sharks will have backside effect. Drumlines and nets are designed to kill sharks to reduce the chance of encounters in protected beaches. Most of the shark will die if they meet those devices and only very few will survive and release (ABC Between the News, 2016). Even though Drumlines may have very effective, but in fact, some shark does not attack human. However, most sharks will still be killed if they encounter the drumlines. Out of 633 sharks were captured in 2013, only 30 of it were released. The result is the number of sharks in protected beaches area will reduce.
Then, negative impact on marine life. It has environment cost by increasing beaches safety, such as other marine life will also be caught by nets (Salvage, 2015). Using those are affecting the marine life nearby. Since the number of sharks is keep decreasing, the ecology and the ecosystem of the ocean been disruption and affected. “Average of 42 dolphins a year were caught in shark nets between 2005 and 2009” (Smith, 2016, p.477). Much other marine life also caught by nets, such as dolphins, turtles and more, and sometimes those lives will get kill by
A series of steps of keeping swimmers and surfers safer have been said to the public, including …show more content…
There are also drawbacks on sharks and the environment.
First, sharks will have backside effect. Drumlines and nets are designed to kill sharks to reduce the chance of encounters in protected beaches. Most of the shark will die if they meet those devices and only very few will survive and release (ABC Between the News, 2016). Even though Drumlines may have very effective, but in fact, some shark does not attack human. However, most sharks will still be killed if they encounter the drumlines. Out of 633 sharks were captured in 2013, only 30 of it were released. The result is the number of sharks in protected beaches area will reduce.
Then, negative impact on marine life. It has environment cost by increasing beaches safety, such as other marine life will also be caught by nets (Salvage, 2015). Using those are affecting the marine life nearby. Since the number of sharks is keep decreasing, the ecology and the ecosystem of the ocean been disruption and affected. “Average of 42 dolphins a year were caught in shark nets between 2005 and 2009” (Smith, 2016, p.477). Much other marine life also caught by nets, such as dolphins, turtles and more, and sometimes those lives will get kill by