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In September 2018, the government of Queensland began culling sharks with drum lines in Cid Harbour in the Whitsunday Islands in response to two non-fatal shark attacks—six sharks (including five tiger sharks) were shot and killed, and their bodies were dumped at sea. [37] [38] [18] [39] The killings have been called a cull.
From 2014 to 2015, 621 sharks died in Queensland. [43] From 2017 to 2018, 218 sharks were killed, including 75 tiger sharks and 41 bull sharks. [44] From 2001 to 2018, a total of 10,480 sharks died on drum lines in Queensland. [45] In 2015, the following was said about bycatch in Queensland's "shark control" program (which uses drum lines):
More than 84,000 marine animals have been killed in Queensland's ongoing shark culling program, including turtles, dolphins and whales. [109] Queensland's shark culling program has been called "outdated, cruel and ineffective". [107] Kelly Wang of One Green Planet said, "Australia’s attitude towards its sharks is truly horrific.
Teenage girl killed in shark attack off Queensland beach. ... February 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM. A 17-year-old girl died after being bitten by a shark while swimming off a beach in the north of Brisbane.
Dave Pearson is recalling the moment an almost 10-foot bull shark took a huge chunk out of his left arm while he was out surfing in Australia in 2011 "I just got hit by something.
This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [ 1 ] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
From 1962 to 2018, Queensland's "shark control" program killed roughly 50,000 sharks, including sharks in the Great Barrier Reef. [68] [71] Queensland's shark-killing program has been called "outdated, cruel and ineffective". [71] New South Wales has a shark net program that kills sharks as well as other marine life. [80]
Shark culling occurs in four locations as of 2018: New South Wales, Queensland, KwaZulu-Natal and Réunion. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Between 1950 and 2008, 352 tiger sharks and 577 great white sharks were killed in the nets in New South Wales—also during this period, a total of 15,135 marine animals were caught and killed in the nets, including ...