![]() She was circuling around the cages from on boat to another, trying to chase away any other competitors (other sharks) interested in the bait. I called the ecotourism boats on the VHF radio to let me know if they saw her and they did. On Sunday it was a beautiful day, but not many people were out and about.”ĭEEP BLUE, the fisrt encounter!El pimer encuentro con DEEP BLUE!I saw DEEP BLUE in front of my boat for 2 seconds and I could not believe her size. “A lot of people have dry wetsuits hanging up at home. “People are pulling out of holidays from caravan parks and other accommodation. “People who have surfed every morning for 40 years are not going in, said Ballina mayor David Wright. ![]() The attacks have kept tourists and locals away from water and the holiday destination, and fears are growing the locals will form a vigilante group to cull the sharks themselves.Īt least seven great whites are known to be patrolling the area. ![]() They’re hoping for the state government to follow the lead of Western Australia’s catch-and-kill policy, which has captured only two great whites since its introduction in 2009. The footage was posted just two days before a community of surfers in northern NSW called for a partial shark cull after six attacks and numerous sightings along the coast. None though, match the sheer size of Deep Blue. Lines and gill nets are common killers for great whites, who unwittingly get caught and die from asphyxiation.ĭozens of sharks migrate to Guadalupe Island every season, who hunt the island’s large elephant seal colony. “Deep Blue, her pups and fellow White Sharks need your help.” “Unfortunately, these areas are close to shore and are very vulnerable to several human threats. He explained that when great whites nest, they swim close to shore to deliver their pups in shallow sea, free from predators and full of food for her young ones. “This amazingly enormous female is carrying several little baby White Sharks, just waiting to be swimming free in the ocean,” said Padilla. Yet Deep Blue is under serious threat, and so are her babies. We can only hope this represents growing public support for these amazing animals, and scientists like Padilla who work so hard to protect them.“Deep Blue has been spared from longlines and the inherent dangers of being in the wild, and somehow she has found her way in the vast ocean.” The video, which was shot in late 2013, has been viewed over 300,000 times in just a few days, and it seems that people are just as amazed by it as they were with the first one. Padilla and his team hope to better understand the migration patterns and nursing grounds of these huge animals so enforcement can be placed in the most crucial zones. Great whites are protected in the area, but that doesn't mean these sharks are out of hot water. Not to mention pregnant females are often accidentally targeted by sport fisherman, as they're often the biggest fish around. "Baby sharks are particularly vulnerable to getting stuck in shallow water lines or nets," he says. Padilla explains that the inshore waters that are full of food and free of predators (perfect for tiny shark pups) are also dangerous in terms of fishing pressures. We've seen several pregnant females like, but now there is a new challenge: protecting the pups." "A shark of this size is likely 50 years old, and that tells us that conservation efforts are really working. "When I first saw Deep Blue, I thought one thing: hope," he says. Perhaps nobody is more excited by "Part 2" than local researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, who posted the clip on his Facebook page.
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