Shark nets are fairly common across popular Australian tourist beaches, but beyond giving swimmers a perception that they are being protected from sharks, do they actually work?
Jordan Sosnowski is the Advocacy Director for Action for Dolphins, a group that aims to stop cruelty to, and gain legal protection for, small cetaceans (dolphins and other small whales). We chatted about how shark nets probably don't work to keep sharks and swimmers apart, that shark nets have an incredible toll on marine life, that sharks don't hunt you down, that opinions on the use of shark nets are changing, and the non-lethal options that are out there.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Image from Sea Gazing
Ocean swimming... and biomechanics
Ocean swimming... and connecting with blue spaces
Ocean swimming... and culture, inclusion and society
Ocean swimming... and germs
Ocean swimming... and a healthy brain
Ocean swimming... and swimmer’s ear
Ocean swimming... Alcatraz (part 2)
Ocean swimming... with Andy Donaldson
Ocean swimming... Alcatraz (part 1)
Ocean swimming... with Peta Bradley, World Ice Swimming Champion
Ocean swimming... with Lynne Cox
Ocean swimming... and seaweed textiles
Ocean swimming... butterfly
Ocean swimming... around Lord Howe Island
Ocean swimming... with Brendan Cullen
Ocean swimming... with Peter Hancock
Ocean swimming... with Jaimee Rogers
Ocean swimming... in the nude
Ocean swimming... in La Nina
Ocean swimming... and Australian beach history
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