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Shark nets to return to NSW beaches despite calls from councils to abolish practice (www.theguardian.com)
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Environmentalists say nets’ bycatch unacceptable but premier Chris Minns says alternative technologies not as good a replacement

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I’d almost 90% of the catches were not sharks then it sounds to me like shark nets are also woefully ineffective.