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Great white shark - Credit: Mila Zinkova

Australian Shark Control Program: Nets to Stay in Place

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.

Tiger shark - Photo by Albert Kok

Latest Coastal Shark Survey Completed

Survey in U.S. East Coast waters is helping scientists and fishery resource managers to monitor shark populations and their role in marine ecosystems.

NOAA scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) lab in Narragansett, R.I., recently conducted their ninth coastal shark survey from Florida to Delaware.