The Western Australian shark cull is the common term for a former state government policy of capturing and killing large sharks in the vicinity of swimming beaches by use of baited drum lines. The pol
Great white sharks have been captured and shot in Western Australia's controversial shark culling policy.
The majority of sharks that were killed in the cull were tiger sharks, despite white sharks being the main target.
Protesters on Perth's Cottesloe Beach
It has been claimed that stingrays and other bycatch are caught also by the drum lines
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The great white shark, also known as the white shark, white pointer, or great white, is a large shark. It is closely related to the mako sharks, the porbeagle, and the salmon shark. It is a robustly b
Western Australian shark cull
…developed a policy that authorises and funds the deployment of drum lines near popular beaches: baited mid-water hooks designed to catch and kill great white sharks, bull sharks and tiger sharks. All sharks found hooked but still alive and measuring over three metres (9 ft 10 in) in length are to be shot and their…
White shark
Evolution from C. hastalis to C. carcharias
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Sizes of two white sharks sampled during a NOAA fisheries survey