Shark nets are suspended from floats and run parallel to beaches. For more information please visit the National Parks and Wildlife Service webpage. Status: protected in the waters of False Bay, Whyalla. A 60-year-old surfer was killed by a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark at an unprotected beach south of the Gold Coast near Kingscliff on June 7. Paramedics determined he was already dead on the beach, he said. Status: protected when eggs are attached. No details were immediately available about the shark. Shark populations around the world have plummeted as the human population has skyrocketed. A shark fatally mauled a surfer on Tuesday on Australia’s Gold Coast city tourist strip in a rare attack off a beach protected by shark netting, officials said. Australia's last fatal shark attack was north of the Gold Coast near Fraser Island on July 4. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter delving into climate science and life on a changing planet. We’re not going to need a bigger boat after all. Australia is perhaps best known for its population of Great White Sharks which pass along the coastlines while migrating for food and mating. A shark fatally mauled a surfer on Tuesday on Australia's Gold Coast city tourist strip in a rare attack off a beach protected by shark netting, officials said. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Authorities will investigate whether a dead tiger shark caught in a net off an Australian beach killed a surfer, an official said Wednesday. They are 186 metres (210 feet) long and 6 metres (10 feet) deep. It is an offence to physically remove eggs. Western Australia (WA) is currently the only Australian jurisdiction without this rule in any of its fisheries. A shark fatally mauled a man on Tuesday on Australia’s Gold Coast city tourist strip, an official said. 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