Safety and loving nature

How can people avoid shark attacks?

Both Olive and Pepin-Neff suggest that the best way to minimise risk is to be more conscious and wary of the factors that exacerbate the likelihood of a shark encounter. On an individual level, this might mean avoiding swimming and surfing after heavy rain. For councils it might mean creating more shark enclosures where people can swim safely.

More broadly, however, they emphasise the need for beach-goers to adopt a less idyllic and more pragmatic attitude towards the ocean.

"In Australia we've got to treat the beach like the bush," says Pepin-Neff. "Australians know how to navigate the wild. We just need to reinforce that the ocean is still the wild."

just posting this ... from ABC news article