2016-03-22
Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has cautiously welcomed the Government’s decision not to try to kill sharks under its so-called serious threat guidelines for more than a year, despite a small number of shark bite incidents, and usual number of shark detections and sightings.
“I welcome the Fisheries Minister’s confirmation in Parliament today that there has been no attempt by the Barnett Government to kill sharks since December 2014 despite at least two non-fatal shark bite incidents in WA water in the intervening period and an apparently normal number of sightings and detections,” Ms MacLaren said.
“While I do not presume that this reflects a change of heart by the Barnett Government, for whatever reason, the Government’s response to shark bite incidents in the past year has been more sensible than it was before and less driven by misconceptions around so-called ‘rogue sharks’.
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