Emily Tripp Senior Writer Over the last few weeks great white sharks have been appearing in the Northeast in record numbers. They are primarily gathering by Monomoy Island by Martha’s Vineyard. Sharks migrate up here every year to feed, but the larger-than-normal gray seal population has attracted a huge group of great whites. They are drawn here [...]
The Queensland Government remains committed to the shark control program despite calls for an end to the shark nets that protect Queensland beaches and indiscriminately catches marine life.
Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said a recent incident re-enforced that there are still dangerous sharks off the Queensland coast and still a need for the shark control program.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) today condemned Queensland and New South Wales’ Shark Control Programs for their indiscriminate catch of marine wildlife, including rare and threatened species.
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