PORT AUGUSTA (AUSTRALIA)- A group of fishermen is being investigated after being caught on camera baiting a great white. It’s also claimed they were harassing the shark.
The group of men is seen in this video cheering and laughing while baiting the shark. Great white sharks are a protected species and anyone caught interfering with them can face a fine of up to 10,000 dollars.
Harassment
The fishermen are now being investigated by state fisheries officers who claim the men were “harassing” the shark.
SA Fisheries Department state: “They are protected for a reason so we encourage people not to interfere with them and stay away from them.”