Tourism operators are asking the federal and Queensland governments to work together on non-lethal shark control measures on the Great Barrier Reef. More here:
They have also opposed calls for the federal government to change laws protecting the reef and allow the killing of sharks, warning it could have unintended consequences.
The stoush began after Queensland lost a federal court battle that forced it to limit using baited hooks to catch and kill sharks in the reef, requiring state fisheries staff to now catch and release sharks. An independent report released last month said the catch-and-release practice associated with SMART drumlines wouldn't work in the reef as they were mainly effective near beaches, not in open waters where most visitors to the reef swam.
It warned changing laws that protect the Great Barrier Reef "could be far-reaching and may have a detrimental bearing on the GBR's status as a world heritage area".
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