NOAA eyes shark kill to rescue monk seals
Culling particularly aggressive Galapagos sharks is just "one piece of a multifaceted program" that includes captive care to help underweight female pups, researching the diet and foraging habits of seals, and other measures, Mike Tosatto, deputy administrator of the NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office, said yesterday.
Last year, the state board approved killing up to 10 predatory Galapagos sharks with a rifle, said Dan Polhemus, DLNR aquatic resources administrator. But after a whole summer, there were no kills.
Between 2000 and 2005, scientists killed 12 Galapagos sharks that had been preying on young seals, fishing for the sharks from small boats with pole and line.
This year, the scientists propose fishing for the sharks with 100-foot-long lines left overnight in areas where the sharks have been seen.
I guess nobody likes sharks. It’s those dead eyes they have. And the fact that some of them can bite you in half before they realize you’re not the food they thought you were. But here it’s a case of predator and prey. Natural selection. So why can’t man keep his nose out of the interspecies interaction? Helloooo! We ARE NOT God! Not in this case and not in any other.
(I know, it’s just 10 sharks their talking about. Unless they’re in a tank, those sharks will be replaced by the surrounding population. And it will have to be done over and over and over.)
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