This just goes to show the ignorance of people who know little or nothing about fishing. Myrtle Beach has a law against shark fishing, and so does Tybee Island, two of my favorite places to fish. One of the reasons why they are doing it is to keep tourists from seeing anglers pulling in sharks. I remember one time in Georgia when I caught a 3 ft. blacktip, and as I threw it back in the water, alot of people got out of the surf and retreated to the safety of their beach towels.
Here's the way I see it, people shouldn't be doing things to draw in sharks in an area where people are swimming. However, there's nothing wrong with fishing for them. I would think that people would feel better that there are anglers "protecting" them from the sharks. One pier down here has dozens of sharks in the summer, drawn in by the lights and the cleaning of fish.
I think eventually the mindless powers that be will force fishermen off the piers, off the beaches, anywhere in the vicinity of tourists. The reason for that is that they know they can get far more money out of the tourists than they get out of the majority of anglers.
That's my two cents