The Death Toll
01 May 2009Dead Baby Tiger Shark and Loggerhead Turtle - Both found in Nets in a Marine Protected Area
ANIMALS CAUGHT IN NETS - 1978 - 2008*
Turtles: 2,211
Rays: 6,940
Manta Rays: 1,508
Dolphins: 2,310
Sharks: 33,684SHARKS CAUGHT IN NETS - BY SPECIES - 1978 - 2008
Dusky Sharks: 6,790
Hammerhead Sharks: 6,610
Ragged Tooth Sharks: 5,441
Oceanic Blacktip Sharks: 3,088
Zambezi Sharks: 1,249
Tiger Sharks: 1,528
White Sharks: 1,063
Whale Sharks: 26
(Italics indicate a targeted species. All else is bycatch.)
The figures above show total catches during the last 30 years. On average, approximately 12.5% of these sharks were tagged and released, although mortality rates vary by species.
The above data was supplied by KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board.

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These statistics are absolutely horrifying. I suggest that the nets are an archaic indescriminate killing system that seriously needs to be revisited. Surely we have realised that killing everything isnt the solution. Come on NSB. Lets hear from you.