Spearfishers encounter more sharks on Coromandel coast
17 Feb, 2021 11:40 PM
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CAUTIOUS: Emilie Servais takes steps to protect herself from sharks where possible when spearfishing. Photo / Thierry Meier
CAUTIOUS: Emilie Servais takes steps to protect herself from sharks where possible when spearfishing. Photo / Thierry Meier
Champion spearfisher Ian Warnock, of Flaxmill Bay near Whitianga, began diving the area in the mid-1970s.
He says since the late 1990s the numbers have risen to now regular sightings most dives. Every year there s more and more of them. I think it s one of those things that if you re going to go out spearfishing and diving you have to accept that, it s not going to get better.