A Federal Senate inquiry into shark mitigation and deterrent measures has recommended that other States should adopt the WA Government’s world-first shark deterrent subsidy.
The bipartisan committee who tabled the report in Federal Parliament yesterday, also recommended the phasing out of ‘lethal drum lines’ in place of ‘non-lethal shark mitigation and deterrent measures’.
The report recommends a number of other initiatives which the WA Government has already developed including:
- A verification process for individual shark deterrent technology;
- Engagement with stakeholders to develop effective real-time information alerts to beachgoers;
- Research funding to scientifically investigate movements and behaviour of white sharks, and;
- Development of acoustic detection systems and new deterrent mechanisms.
The full report is available at https://www.aph.gov.au