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Shark Bay (Malgana: Gathaagudu, lit. 'two waters') is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia . The 23,000-square-kilometre (8,900 sq mi) [ 1 ] area is located approximately 800 kilometres (500 mi) north of Perth , on the westernmost point of the Australian continent.
Map of the Shark Bay region Copy of Dirk Hartog's plate in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cape Inscription lighthouse, c. 1910. Dirk Hartog Island is an island off the Gascoyne coast of Western Australia, within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. It is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) long and between 3 and 15 kilometres (2 and 9 miles) wide and is ...
Goulet Bluff is a point on the western side of the Peron Peninsula in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site that acts as an important marker between the Denham Sound or northern portion of the Western Gulf Zone from the southern fishing zone of Freycinet Estuary. A 1,400-metre (4,593 ft) beach is located to the north side of the bluff.
Peron Peninsula (Malgana: Wulybidi) [1] [full citation needed] is a long narrow peninsula located in the Shark Bay World Heritage site in Western Australia, at about It is some 130 kilometres (81 mi) long, running north-northwesterly, located east of Henri Freycinet Harbour and west of Havre Hamelin and Faure Island.
The Shark Bay pearling industry [ edit ] Frank Cadell was also operating at Shark Bay in this period [ clarification needed ] and in this era 'dredging' rapidly became the most efficient means of obtaining the shell, which was noted more for the pearls rather than the shell as was the situation further north.
Fishing in the marine park are governed by the Gascoyne Fishing Rules [3] that specify the waters and species [7] of the Shark Bay area, also known as the Shark Bay Inner Gulfs: Eastern Gulf Zone: the region located east of the Peron Peninsula and north from Cape Peron North ( 25°30.2′S 113°30.6′E / 25.5033°S 113.5100°E ...
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The Great Fish Market, painted by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Fishing is a prehistoric practice dating back at least 70,000 years. Since the 16th century, fishing vessels have been able to cross oceans in pursuit of fish, and since the 19th century it has been possible to use larger vessels and in some cases process the fish on board.