An article which applauds the possible return of Great Whites in False Bay after several sightings in recent months, has provoked a reaction from veteran fisherman, Jack Walsh. He says in the eyes of environmentalist bodies and various publications, such news is the grist on what they feed. Read what he has to say…
Unfortunately, perhaps inevitably for two salient reasons, their prognostications and printed words get normally heavily exaggerated negatively. Those reasons are simply that the more negative the news, the more interest and attention it generates, whilst the less out of the normal it is, the less the man in the street will even notice a matter that should really deserve his attention.