One dead Great White Shark and 30 dead in non-target/ innocuous marine species. The NSW Coalition Government has a worse by-catch kill rate than many super trawlers.
Report period: 8 Jan 2017 – 7 Feb 2017
Over 8 Jan – 7 Feb 2017 nets were deployed on 27–31 days at five beaches and each checked 28-39 times (Table 1). The contractors are required to check the mesh nets twice a day, but if the weather or bar conditions prevent safe access, then fewer checks are made.
Table 1: The number of days that mesh nets were deployed at each beach, and the number of times each mesh net was checked over 8 Jan - 7 Feb 2017.
Beach
|
Number of days net deployed
|
Number of time net checked
|
Seven Mile, Lennox Head
|
27
|
28
|
Sharpes, Ballina
|
27
|
28
|
Shelly, Ballina
|
27
|
29
|
Lighthouse, Ballina
|
27
|
29
|
Main, Evans Head
|
31
|
39
|
During the second month, 72 individuals across 11 species were caught in the mesh nets
56% were released
44% were deceased and had tissue samples retained for analyses (Table 2).
of the three target shark species (White, Tiger and Bull Sharks), one White Shark was caught in the mesh nets at Sharpes Beach; the animal was deceased and retained for analysis.
Table 2: The numbers of each species caught in the mesh nets that were alive and released, or dead at each beach.
Beach
|
Species
|
Number alive
|
Number dead
|
Seven Mile, Lennox Head
|
Cownose ray
|
1
|
0
|
Loggerhead turtle
|
1
|
0
| |
Manta ray
|
0
|
1
| |
Whitespotted guitar fish
|
1
|
0
| |
Sharpes, Ballina
|
Cownose ray
|
1
|
0
|
Great hammerhead shark
|
0
|
2
| |
White shark
|
0
|
1
| |
Green turtle
|
0
|
1
| |
Manta ray
|
2
|
3
| |
Shelly, Ballina
|
Bottlenose dolphin
|
0
|
1
|
Cownose ray
|
3
|
2
| |
Great hammerhead shark
|
0
|
1
| |
Manta ray
|
0
|
1
| |
Spotted eagle ray
|
3
|
0
| |
Lighthouse, Ballina
|
Cownose ray
|
3
|
2
|
Great hammerhead shark
|
0
|
4
| |
Ocellated eagle ray
|
1
|
0
| |
Spotted eagle ray
|
1
|
0
| |
Main, Evans Head
|
Cownose ray
|
17
|
7
|
Great hammerhead shark
|
0
|
3
| |
Loggerhead turtle
|
0
|
1
| |
Manta ray
|
0
|
1
| |
Ocellated eagle ray
|
1
|
1
| |
Spinner shark
|
1
|
0
| |
Spotted eagle ray
|
4
|
0
| |
Total
|
40
|
32
|
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