US EditionShark nets spark furore at new $203m Club Med resort
Scientists say the nets could kill 416 sharks a year and other marine life, while officials weigh swimmer safety for 1,000 more daily beach users.
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Sydney Morning Herald
This new luxury beachside resort has a problem: How to stop the massive sharks attacking the guests
South Africa’s first Club Med wants to use nets, but experts say that would kill large numbers of sharks, as well as dolphins, rays, turtles and birds.
Club Med’s first SA resort lands in the middle of a shark net battle
The grand opening of Club Med Tinley Manor was meant to be a $120 million celebration of South African tourism. Instead, the French giant has landed in the centre of a mounting environmental battle. Just months before the resort welcomes its first guests to the shores north of Durban, a bitter divide has opened between marine scientists and local authorities. At the heart of the conflict is a proposal to install traditional shark nets and drumli…
Club Med SAS has landed in the middle of a furor over the best way to keep sharks from attacking tourists at its more than $120 million South African resort.
Club Med Tinley Manor Is In Hot Water Again, This Time Over Shark Nets
[Image: Facebook / Club Med South Africa] The new Club Med in South Africa, which is called Club Med Tinley Manor or Club Med South Africa Beach and Safari, is scheduled to open in July. The doors are not open yet, and already it’s been facing a fair share of backlash from the public. Great start. The R2 billion luxury resort was first under fire because of the high prices for a stay, a price point which excluded locals, who are clearly not the …
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