A white pointer shark circles a boat and bites its motor off West Beach, Adelaide. Courtesy Youtube/Brz Boxer Agreat white shark swimming in the Southern Ocean, off the Neptune Islands, South Australia. Picture: AFP Source: News Limited Shark attack survivor Rodney Fox at the beach where he was attacked 50 years ago today. There are fears the State Government's controversial shark cull could attract more into shallow waters Rodney Fox was lucky to escape death in one of the world's greatest shark survival stories but despite his attack he continues to spread a message of love for these feared creatures of the deep Surfer checks camera after surfing to find a great white shark lurking underneath...and a possible dolphin protector. Courtesy Live Leak After the sixth fatal attack off the WA coast in two years in November, the Government said professional shark hunters would be paid to kill any shark bigger than three metres and spotted in designated zones spanning large parts of the Perth and southwest coastline. Mr Fox, who was attacked by a Great White Shark off Aldinga Beach in 1963, addressed the crowd earlier this afternoon saying "we need sharks in the ocean." MORE: Why Rodney Fox is the man who loves sharks He told The Advertiser he was shocked when he first heard of the WA government's culling plan. GALLERY: Shark sightings off Adelaide beaches "My immediate thought was we were going back 50 years to the idea that the best shark is a dead shark' ," the 73 year old said. We have 36 drownings in back yard swimming pools but no one is carrying on a petition to fill them. MORE: Boatie captures vision of shark circling boat off West Beach Snorkeller Jasmine Paul was among the protesters, who also included swimmers and surfers, and said the cull was "disgraceful." "I'm always snorkelling at Noarlunga and I'm in the shark's territory and being attacked is a risk I'm prepared to take," the 29-year-old Glenelg resident said.