Andrew Colefax uses drones to research shark behaviour and develop drone-based shark detection. Photo supplied. Nationals member for Tweed Geoff Provest has announced that two drones will be provided for Tweed Shire beaches, yet Greens member for Ballina Tamara Smith says she is still waiting to find out if her …
Read More »Politicians divided over shark drone funding
SHARK mitigation has once again divided Tweed leaders. Two shark drones have been funded for the next 12 months on the Tweed coastline but some don’t think the region got its fair share. The technology, to be hosted at Cabarita and South Kingscliff/Cudgen, is part of a new $8 million …
Read More »Drone reveals shadowy ‘shark’ secrets – Echonetdaily
A surfer and a shark sharing the same ocean. Photo NSW DPI/Southern Cross University. From Veronica-Pooh Nash-Poleate’s viral video ‘Stay outta them oceans ‘cause that’s the sharks house’, to Shark Girl Madison Stewart who swims with them on a daily basis, there are very few people who don’t have an …
Read More »U.S. Surf Champ Kelly Slater Calls For Shark Cull After Boog…
U.S. champion surfer Kelly Slater has referred to as on the French authorities to cull the inhabitants of sharks crowding the seas off Reunion island within the wake of the dying of a boogie-boarder. Alexandre Naussac, 26, was killed final Tuesday within the 20th shark assault since 2011 off the …
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