webfact Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Two months after Hua Hin shark attack there is still no safety net Picture: New TV Thai media reported that a full two months after a Norwegian tourist was bitten by a shark at Sai Noi beach near Hua Hin there is still no safety net in place. Werner Danielsen, 54, was bitten on the leg on April 15th in a story that made national news. There was initially a flurry of activity and interest with signage and buoys appearing within days as the foreign victim was visited by dozens of well wishers in hospital. The local authority agreed to pay half a million baht from council coffers for a net, reported New TV. But now Wan Chatree of the department of marine and coastal resources Region 4 has had to admit that he has been unable to get his hands on the funds to buy the net. And tourists in the area are still vulnerable to attack. Source: New TV -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-06-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Now I wait for the excuse: we cannot use the net because Thailand respect the Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 How many more attacks since? IMO these nets are not a good idea, and damaging lots of marine life. No more attacks have occurred, so there seems to be no need for net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 installing a shark net for one solitary bite is utter stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justfine Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Nets are not that effective anyway. Given the common flu kills 250,000 a year and sharks kill a few there is no need for nets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I go to this beach all the time. just put up high quality signs in English, Chinese and Thai warning about the sharks. But not in Russian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetpeter Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Firstly the proposal must go in front of committee, Then an assessment to be done, back to committee then costs worked out including percentages that will be added to make sure everybody is happy. Then back in front of committee, to confirm what they are doing as everybody has forgot. So back to stage one, money has been allotted but, has they are no way ready, spilt and hold in bank accounts, till ready. One year later one of two things happen. 1, OMG what this cash in my bank account, it must be mine...Spend! 2. Committee meets decides it needs 12 signatures from people in power, but, nobody will admit who should sign, Give up and go home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetpeter Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 9 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: just put up high quality signs in English, Chinese and Thai warning about the sharks. For the Thai's it should read 'Please don't eat the sharks' as the bones stick in the soi dogs throats' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostyan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 OK, so what is new ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 There have only been 5 shark attacks in the whole of Thailand in the last 50 years, (not including this one) 2 of them fatal. Every incident in a different part of the country. The danger is so remote that shark nets and the like are pretty much an overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakhonandy Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 The net is a completely pointless idea. One minor attack in how many years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 8 hours ago, webfact said: The local authority agreed to pay half a million baht from council coffers for a net Perhaps that amount was paid, just nothing left for the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceKadet Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Is there really any point in putting in nets for 10-20kg bull sharks? That's like a good size pike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Does this suprise anybody that the authorities just don't give a hoot ?!! ? Besides if the sharks don't get you, the pollution will ultimately do so....so stick at your salt water pool at home and you'll be fine ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa123 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 The money from funds to be used for shark net is gone mysteriously, Or has anyone eaten them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 10 minutes ago, nasa123 said: The money from funds to be used for shark net is gone mysteriously, Or has anyone eaten them? Obviously more sharks around than just those residing in the ocean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khundon Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 This story is as full of holes as the mysterious nets. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expatthailover Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/18/2018 at 2:41 PM, HooHaa said: installing a shark net for one solitary bite is utter stupidity. Exactly. This pathetic indignation is bewildering. Mind some on here need something to bleat about to make their day worthwhile. A european gets bitten..big deal. Those that complain wouldnt give 2 hoots were it a thai that was bitten or worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwilco Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 It was not an "attack", it was a bite, and there is no need for a net. If any sort of patrol is needed it is for box jellies a far more real and present threat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwilco Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/18/2018 at 1:49 PM, phetpeter said: Firstly the proposal must go in front of committee, Then an assessment to be done, back to committee then costs worked out including percentages that will be added to make sure everybody is happy. Then back in front of committee, to confirm what they are doing as everybody has forgot. So back to stage one, money has been allotted but, has they are no way ready, spilt and hold in bank accounts, till ready. One year later one of two things happen. 1, OMG what this cash in my bank account, it must be mine...Spend! 2. Committee meets decides it needs 12 signatures from people in power, but, nobody will admit who should sign, Give up and go home! This poster clearly dislikes bureaucracy and has created and image of this his/her mind. ... and without any knowledge of how government or corruption works in Thailand has replaced the reality with a personal baseless and imagined scenario. It is sad that people who come to stay long term in Thailand do so without getting any real knowledge of how things work in the country, preferring instead to invent erroneous myths that satisfy their own personal prejudices. A classic case of cynicism used as a substitute for understanding of the real process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 If a tourist get struck by lightening on a Hua Hin beach, should the government install lightening rods all over the city to divert the lightening somewhere safer? Why doesn't Hua Hin have shark nets? They don't need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 No Net needed, polluting the water to such extent that no self respecting shark would come anywhere near seems to be working just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Troll post reported and removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 This story rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Let's travel a bit in time, into the future and read the new headline of this story....."2 years later, still no net" .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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