"People just don't feel safe on our beaches and I don't think the perception will change if the current policy continues.". Originally beaches from Palm Beach to Cronulla were meshed. Mr Kelly said the WA Government had invested in a range of shark mitigation strategies for the WA coast to help protect beach users. "The WA Government has made repeated requests to the NSW Government for them to share their drumline trial data, particularly what happens to the sharks when they are towed out to sea, so a scientific evaluation can occur. Meanwhile, Mr Blair has offered to lend Western Australia some of its smart drumlines to allow a trial to go ahead there. "There is currently no scientific evidence to show that these drumlines reduce the risk of an attack," he said. "We are in communication with surfers from the east coast who have access to data from the smart drumlines and they all report they are working, both in stopping further attacks and giving everyone that confidence to get back into the water.". Shark nets will remain between Newcastle and Wollongong, and in Sydney. More than 400 other marines animals were caught at the same time, with about half dying as a result. The meshing was never designed to enclose a piece of water — even back then, they knew barrier nets would never survive a surf zone. Certainly the main tourist beaches such as Bondi Beach … Shark net meshing was thought up by the New South Wales Fisheries in 1935, after a decade and a half of relentless Shark attacks off Sydney beaches. NSW beachgoers frightened by shark in shallows Beachgoers on Cellito Beach on the NSW Mid-North Coast have been frightened by a shark swimming in … The shark meshing program around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong will continue, despite research showing more effective methods are now available. They hooked 52 target sharks and 19 non-target species. The animals killed in the nets included 10 critically endangered grey nurse sharks, 14 great white sharks, seven green turtles and seven dolphins. Shark nets were first introduced to Sydney’s beaches in 1937 after 15 years of relentless attacks by sharks – for example 2 people were killed in 1 week by a Great White shark. With billions flowing out the door, has the Government set itself a rorts' landmine? Mr Blair said a final decision on whether meshing would resume on the north coast was still several weeks away, but there was no plan to remove the nets between Newcastle and Wollongong. We are not considering changing the meshing strategy between Newcastle and Wollongong.". New shark net technology that covered the whole beach with a plastic mesh had been trialled successfully at Coogee beach in Perth, but whether it would work at … "It's not to say that they don't come back to the coast, but they certainly don't come straight back in to those beaches.". We shouldn't be afraid to look at new technologies and new ways to address this issue," he said. But the Lone Star state may not stand by its man. "It's a good result for local beaches where we are intercepting what we're calling dangerous sharks … and then releasing them and they're moving offshore. Department of Primary Industries senior research scientist Paul Butcher said the bycatch associated with smart drum lines was minimal. 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