SHARK MONITORING NETWORK
1135. Hon JIM CHOWN to the minister representing the Minister
for Fisheries:
I refer to the shark monitoring
network.
(1) How many acoustic receivers are
currently part of the network in Western Australia?
(2) Will the minister provide a list
of each of the locations of the acoustic receivers?
(3) How many
detections of sharks have occurred at these acoustic receivers since 1 January
2018?
(4) How many detections of great
whites has there been since 1 January 2018?
(5) How many great whites have been
tagged in Western Australia?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
The following information has been provided by the Minister for Fisheries.
(1) Currently 27 acoustic receivers
form part of the shark monitoring network.
(2) Yes. I table the attached
information.
[See paper 2171.]
(3) There have been 1 320 detections
of sharks.
(4) There have been 181 detections
of great whites.
(5) There are 298 great white sharks
visible to the network.