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SUMMARY:The Modern History of the South African Great White Shark
DESCRIPTION:For our next talk we move off the land into the waters of our bay. \nOur speaker Bruce Noble will take us back to the blood-soaked and tragic events of Black December 1957. \nBetween December 1957 and April 1958 at least nine shark attacks occurred along the coast of KwaZulu- Natal. \nSix people lost their lives. \nTourists fled the Durban area causing a devastating impact on the local economy. \nWithout thorough research into the possible reason for this sudden increase in shark activity\, local authorities made desperate attempts to protect swimmers and surfers from shark attacks. Many will remember these attempts which included enclosures built from wooden poles and netting. \nA South African Navy frigate even dropped depth charges into the coastal waters causing few shark fatalities but killing huge numbers of other species. This resulted in many more sharks being attracted into the area to feast on the dead fish. \nBruce Noble will tell us how those events in 1957 and the indiscriminate killing of white sharks still affect us today – and of the impact on our own waters\, our tourism and the entire ecosystem of the ocean. \nBruce has been observing white shark behavior in the Garden Route since 2004. \n  \n 
URL:https://pletthistory.org/event/the-modern-history-of-the-south-african-great-white-shark/
LOCATION:Lagoon Room\, Beacon Island Resort\, Plettenberg Bay\, Western Cape\, 6600\, South Africa
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