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October 11th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Dianne Martin, wife of Bryn Martin, and her son Alistair Martin talk with police and supporters at Cottesloe Beach yesterday. Picture: Tony Ashby
Source: The Australian
SHARK nets will not be introduced in Western Australia despite yet another fatal attack at Perth’s popular Cottesloe Beach that claimed the life of prominent businessman Bryn Martin.
It was the sixth shark death on the west coast in 11 years.
As police, lifeguards and search and rescue volunteers last night scaled down their search for the remains of the 64-year-old, whose bathers were found on the seabed with tears that experts believe were caused by a great white shark, his family spoke of a loving father and husband who loved the sea and knew the dangers of ocean swimming.
“Dad was always involved with water sports. He loved his morning swim and was aware of, and accepted, the risk,” his son Alistair said.
Boats, jet-skis, quad-bikes and helicopters will this morning continue the land and sea search for Mr Martin.
Another Mosman Park businessman, Ken Crew, was taken by a shark in similar circumstances in 2000. The two men are believed to have known each other.
Mr Martin was last seen at 8.10am on Monday as he swam to a buoy 400m out.
Not even lifeguards saw what happened in the murky and overcast conditions.
WA Premier Colin Barnett was forced to defend the introduction of a summer lifeguard program at Cottesloe well before any air patrols — meant to start next month — had begun. Mr Barnett said the frequency and period of the patrols had increased significantly under his government and Surf Life Saving WA was waiting for a new helicopter from New Zealand that would carry out more effective patrols than a plane.
Mr Barnett said he did not believe netting beaches was a solution. “I don’t favour the use of shark nets; that has been looked at,” he said.
“I think patrols are the best defence we can offer.”
There have been six fatal shark attacks in Western Australia since the 2000 attack on Mr Crew just north of where Mr Martin was taken.
In 2005 Brad Smith, 29, was attacked by two sharks while surfing off Gracetown, 290km south of Perth. The same year 26-year-old Geoffrey Brazier was killed by a 6m shark while snorkelling at the Abrolhos Islands off the state’s midwest coast.
Brian Guest, 51, was taken by a giant white pointer while snorkelling near his beachside home about 50km south of Perth in 2008.
Last August, Nicholas Edwards, 31, was mauled, again at Gracetown, and last month 21-year-old bodyboarder Kyle James Burden was instantly killed by a great white at a southwestern surfing break called Boneyards.
Fisheries WA shark scientist Rory McAuley said there was good reason for West Australian swimmers to be particularly cautious this summer.
“There has been some very obvious shark activity over the last few months,” he said.
“We’ve received a lot of reported sightings from up and down the coast.”
Dr McAuley said the effectiveness of netting Perth beaches to deter sharks was limited. It worked better in NSW where there were lots of curved bays, while the Perth coastline was straight.
Senior Sergeant Denise Grant said the Martin family was in torment and police focused on finding Mr Bryn’s remains.
Additional reporting: Amanda O’Brien
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