[SASpearo]

If you'd like to do it legally / professionally / noteworthy, you'd have to start an organization. Then get a lot of people involved in it - the more the better. Then you'd have to lobby the right Govt. officials, etc etc etc. Draw up petitions, hand out memorandums, organize demonstrations etc etc etc.

But there's light at the end of the tunnel.

The Natal Sharks Board, in conjunction with one of my favourite people in the govt, Minister Vali Moosa (wildlife and ecotourism) and the Natal Parks Board has started a project to have all the nets removed from the beaches. In fact, they removed around 25 % of nets in 1998, and they've since removed another 15 or so percent.

Which still leaves a lot of nets out there. I'm busy looking into this, but they are running an experimental system at certain beaches. It's apparently called a "drum line" and judging by the name I don't know if it's such a good idea. The problem however is getting inf from anyone on this - no-one's willing to talk to me about it.

So if we tried to work with the NSB, they are already trying to get rid of the nets, we might be able to supply them with some info from other countries and how they keep the sharks away from beachgoers. I know there's a very good electrical system in use in Oz, but it's way too costly for South Africa to implement.

Does anybody else have any experience in this? I'm still digging through masses of info on shark nets etc, I'll post here if I find something interesting ...

Here, have some Karma dude ....