[CINC] Karen Telleen-Lawton: Paddle Boarding Among Sharks

[Paul Petrich]

Thanks Catherine and Karen!
 Ralph Collier's presentation in Carpinteria about Sharks ( repeated at UCSB in March ) gave us these comparative facts about shark attacks as well:
9 fatalities world wide from shark attacks in 2012  compared to 50 in the USA alone related to dog attacks.
Since the year 2000, of the 72 shark attacks that occurred along the North American West Coast ( 8 in Calif. ): 48% on surfers; 30% on other floating devices; and almost all in pinniped rookery  regions. 
No shark attacks have been ever recorded as happening on the populous sandy beaches of Ventura and Santa Barbara, and only Great Whites, and maybe Mako sharks, are threats. The former have been sighted in these regions when Grunion approach the beaches to spawn in summer months. 
In 1968 when Ralph Collier did research on the then very abundant Blue Sharks in local waters, he set a long lie with 200 hooks in a cove off Catalina and caught  196 Blue Sharks in 4 hours. In 1998, when he repeated the exact same research set in the same place, he caught 6 Blue Sharks in 24 hours!!
In the 1950s, sharks were considered "garbage fish" by sport-fishing boats out of the LA area, were thrown back in, and did not count in a jack pot.
Deck hands on said boats, got good tips if you gaffed a sport-fishing person's Tuna  or White Sea Bass before a lurking shark, often times under the boat, suddenly took everything but the fish's head! If the latter happened, you got nothing!! And, the tuna and white sea bass were abundant  at the same time as the shark abundance!   I Sari Wa!    Paul Petrich
On Apr 9, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Catherine French wrote:

> Fun and informative about sharks.
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> http://www.noozhawk.com/article/040813_karen_telleen-lawton_paddle_boarding_among_sharks/
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