Great Whites ''identify effective hunting grounds''

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by quick decision

There are other sharks besides whites that have always been in these waters that will take a bite out of a seal. And there are still hundreds of thousands of seals. I don’t think great whites will make a big difference. You would need hundreds of whites eating 7 seals a day, all year summer long, to make a dent on the population. Watch the discovery channel where there is great whites feeding on seals in Australia. The seal populations in those areas are not down.

I don't think the expectation is for sharks to take up residence in our waters and thin the seals. The hope is that more and more Whites show up and incite panic in the ignorant (read: the average person) - panic to the point where the government has to do something about the population of seals because they are drawing the sharks to these waters.