Echo
NetDaily, 3
May 2018:
Local Greens MP Tamara
Smith and animal rights activists have welcomed the early end to the North
Coast shark nets trial and urged the State Government not to reinstate the
controversial strategy.
NSW Primary Industries
Minister Niall Blair announced on Wednesday that the nets would begin coming
out immediately owing to the early start of the whale migration season in the
region.
The migration officially
started on May 1, a month earlier than last year.
Ms Smith said on
Thursday that the cessation of the trial should be permanent, and that other
measures should be used to enhance community safety.
‘There is no scientific
evidence and little community support for putting shark nets back in the waters
off the North Coast,’ Ms Smith said in a press release.
‘The data from the North
Coast Shark Net Trial is yet more evidence that the shark netting program in
NSW does little to keep people safe in the water but takes a terrible toll on
local marine life.
‘I support shark
spotting by trained personnel such as Shark Watch volunteers or Surf Life
Savers, using binoculars and drones.’
According to
departmental statistics from the trial, just two of the 132 marine creatures
caught in the nets between November 23, 2017 and March 31 this year was a
target shark.
Among the other animals
caught were a small number of threatened species, including Green Turtles and
Great Hammerhead sharks, as well as 23 rays.
Forty-nine of the
animals caught in the nets were killed…..
If any reader has a mind to support the permanent removal of these shark nets they can write, phone or email:
NSW Premier Hon. Gladys Berejiklian
GPO Box 5341
SYDNEY NSW 2001
SYDNEY NSW 2001
PH (02) 8574 5000
Email Contact the Premier
NSW Deputy Premier Hon. John Barilaro
GPO Box 5341
SYDNEY NSW 2001
SYDNEY NSW 2001
PH (02) 8574 5150
NSW Minister for the Environment Gabrielle Upton
GPO Box 5341
SYDNEY NSW 2001
SYDNEY NSW 2001
PH (02) 8574 6107
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