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Bycatch

The reality of the lethal shark nets

Misconceptions Explained

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These images are NOT of the NSW Shark Mesh Programme (SMP). These are Swimming Enclosures that you may see in Neilson Park, Clifton Gardens or other enclosed beaches.

Our campaign does not seek to remove this type of swimming enclosure. What we want to remove is the lethal shark nets that kill marine life.

The Reality of SMP Shark Nets

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The shark nets in use across NSW as part of the SMP are designed to entangle and kill.

Their use is legislated under Fisheries legislation, and interfering with the equipment is punishable under the Fisheries Act.

Public facing Government communications avoid this fishing reference, but internal and legal references to this program acknowledge that it is a fishing program.

Volume of Bycatch

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Bycatch is the accidental capture of unwanted or non-targeted species. It represents more than 90% of all catch.

These lethal shark nets are listed as a key threatening process in the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 as it adversely affects threatened species, populations or ecological communities, or causes species, populations or ecological communities that are not threatened to become threatened." Reference SMP Annual Performance Report report

Bondi Net Bycatch since Oct-2012

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This graph provides a visual representation of how much has been caught and/or killed in Bondi Shark Nets.

The Australian Fur Seal was killed in Feb 2021
2 Green Turtles were killed in 2016 and 2017

Bondi Net Bycatch since Oct-2012

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Another graphic to show the non target species that have been caught in the nets. DPI has only published data per net since Oct 2012 and so this is as much as we could collect. The nets have been there since 1937 and so the total collateral is much greater.

Bronte Net Bycatch since Oct-2012

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A graphic of Bronte net catches to show the non target species that have been caught in the nets. DPI has only published data per net since Oct 2012 and so this is as much as we could collect. The nets have been there since 1937 and so the total collateral is much greater.

Coogee Net Bycatch since Oct-2012

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A graphic of Coogee net catches to show the non target species that have been caught in the nets. DPI has only published data per net since Oct 2012 and so this is as much as we could collect. The nets have been there since 1937 and so the total collateral is much greater.

Maroubra Net Bycatch since Oct-2012

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A graphic of Maroubra net catches to show the non target species that have been caught in the nets. DPI has only published data per net since Oct 2012 and so this is as much as we could collect. The nets have been there since 1937 and so the total collateral is much greater.

Bondi Net Catch since Oct-2012

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Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Feb-15)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Jan-16)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Feb-17)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Apr-19)

Australian fur-seal - Dead (Jan-21)

Bronze Whaler - Dead (Jan-14)

Bronze Whaler - Dead (Sep-19)

Common Blacktip - Dead (Mar-15)

Common Blacktip - Dead (Feb-19)

Eastern Fiddler Ray - Alive & Released (Dec-12)

Green Turtle - Dead (Feb-16)

Green Turtle - Dead (Jan-17)

Greynurse Shark - Dead (Nov-12)

Greynurse Shark - Dead (Feb-17)

Greynurse Shark - Dead (Oct-17)

Greynurse Shark - Alive & Released (Jan-20)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Nov-14)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Nov-15)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Nov-16)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Dec-16)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Nov-14)

Smooth Hammerhead - Alive & Released (Nov-14)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Oct-15)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Feb-19)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Feb-20)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Jan-21)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Jan-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Jan-15)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Jan-15)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Nov-16)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Nov-16)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Mar-17)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Dec-19)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Jan-20)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Jan-21)

Unidentified shark - Dead (Mar-14)

White Shark - Dead (Nov-12)

White Shark - Dead (Nov-14)

White Shark - Dead (Jan-17)

White Shark - Alive & Released (Oct-18)

Bronte Net Catch since Oct-2012

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Australian Angelshark - Dead (Mar-14)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Feb-15)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Feb-21)

Black Marlin - Dead (Jan-19)

Black Stingray - Alive & Released (Sep-13)

Bull Shark - Dead (Feb-15)

Common Blacktip - Dead (Feb-17)

Common Dolphin - Dead (Oct-19)

Common Dolphin - Dead (Nov-20)

Dusky Whaler - Dead (Nov-16)

Green Turtle - Dead (Mar-14)

Greynurse Shark - Dead (Nov-12)

Greynurse Shark - Dead (Jan-15)

Greynurse Shark - Alive & Released (Dec-15)

Olive Ridley Turtle - Dead (Feb-21)

Port Jackson Shark - Dead (Apr-13)

Port Jackson Shark - Alive & Released (Nov-18)

Port Jackson Shark - Alive & Released (Jan-21)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Nov-15)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Jan-16)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Dec-16)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Nov-18)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Feb-15)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Jan-16)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Feb-18)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Mar-20)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Nov-13)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Dec-18)

Thresher Shark - Dead (Sep-17)

Unidentified shark - Dead (Mar-14)

White Shark - Dead (Nov-20)

Yellowtail kingfish - Dead (Jan-21)

Coogee Net Catch since Oct-2012

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Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Feb-15)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Apr-18)

Black Stingray - Dead (Nov-13)

Black Stingray - Alive & Released (Sep-20)

Common Blacktip - Dead (Feb-19)

Dusky Whaler - Dead (Nov-12)

Green Turtle - Dead (Feb-15)

Greynurse Shark - Dead (Jan-14)

Greynurse Shark - Alive & Released (Nov-17)

Manta Ray - Alive & Released (Dec-14)

Port Jackson Shark - Dead (Dec-12)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Oct-18)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Feb-14)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Jan-16)

Smooth Stingray - Dead (Sep-14)

Smooth Stingray - Alive & Released (Sep-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Oct-12)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Nov-12)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Nov-12)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Sep-13)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Nov-13)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Mar-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Nov-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Dec-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Dec-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Dec-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Sep-17)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Feb-18)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Apr-18)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Dec-18)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Sep-19)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Apr-21)

Unidentified shark - Dead (Sep-13)

White Shark - Dead (Oct-16)

White Shark - Dead (Jan-20)

White Spotted Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Apr-19)

White Spotted Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Apr-21)

Maroubra Net Catch since Oct-2012

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Australian cownose ray - Dead (Apr-14)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Feb-15)

Australian cownose ray - Dead (Mar-17)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Dec-17)

Australian cownose ray - Alive & Released (Apr-18)

Black Stingray - Alive & Released (Oct-18)

Black Stingray - Dead (Oct-18)

Bronze Whaler - Dead (Sep-17)

Bronze Whaler - Alive & Released (Sep-19)

Bronze Whaler - Dead (Dec-19)

Common Blacktip - Dead (Jan-15)

Common Blacktip - Dead (Jan-16)

Common Blacktip - Dead (Apr-18)

Common Dolphin - Dead (Feb-19)

Common Dolphin - Dead (Sep-19)

Common Dolphin - Dead (Nov-19)

Dusky Whaler - Dead (Jan-14)

Dusky Whaler - Dead (Apr-14)

Great Hammerhead - Dead (Mar-16)

Great Hammerhead - Dead (Mar-19)

Green Turtle - Dead (Sep-13)

Green Turtle - Dead (Mar-18)

Green Turtle - Alive & Released (Dec-18)

Green Turtle - Alive & Released (Apr-20)

Greynurse Shark - Alive & Released (Dec-12)

Greynurse Shark - Alive & Released (Dec-15)

Greynurse Shark - Dead (Nov-17)

Greynurse Shark - Alive & Released (Dec-20)

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin - Dead (Nov-18)

Port Jackson Shark - Alive & Released (Sep-13)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Oct-16)

Shortfin Mako - Dead (Nov-19)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Jan-15)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Mar-15)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Dec-17)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Mar-18)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Nov-18)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Dec-18)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Oct-19)

Smooth Hammerhead - Dead (Jan-20)

Smooth Stingray - Dead (Oct-14)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Nov-13)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Dec-13)

Southern Eagle Ray - Dead (Jan-15)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Jan-15)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Oct-16)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Nov-17)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Jan-18)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Dec-18)

Southern Eagle Ray - Alive & Released (Nov-20)

White Shark - Dead (Nov-15)

White Shark - Dead (Nov-18)

White Shark - Alive & Released (Sep-19)

White Shark - Dead (Oct-19)

White Shark - Alive & Released (Jan-20)