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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 972 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 November 2021 by Hon Tjorn Sibma

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SHARKS — HAZARD MITIGATION

972. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Fisheries:

I refer to the answers provided to my questions which concerned shark hazard mitigation provided on Tuesday, 9 November.

(1) What framework applies to the conduct of planning and implementing shark tagging operations in Western Australia? For example, how are the areas of operation and the timing of these operations determined?

(2) What deployable assets are available to the department to facilitate these operations? For example, how many vessels are available and is this a full-time tasking?

(3) In tabular form, can the minister advise by date and location how many individual shark tagging operations have been conducted in 2021, irrespective of whether these operations eventuated in the successful acoustic tagging of a white shark?

Hon KYLE McGINN replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question. The answer has been provided by the Minister for Fisheries and was current on Wednesday, 10 November.

(1) Shark tagging operations are conducted to coincide with attractants such as whale carcasses, large fish aggregations and seal pupping seasons. These opportunities include, but are not limited to pink snapper spawning aggregations in Cockburn Sound in September and October each year; whale carcass strandings during the humpback whale migration from June to November each year; and the seal pupping season at the offshore islands at Esperance in November to February each year.

(2) Shark tagging operations are conducted year-round, subject to suitable environmental and weather conditions. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development uses a dedicated 20-metre patrol vessel and a specialised nine metre tagging vessel for these operations. DPIRD also utilises patrol vessels stationed at districts around the state for shark tagging operations.

(3) As requested, the answer is provided in tabular form. I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

Date

Location

13-Jan-21

Esperance area

14-Jan-21

Esperance area

15-Jan-21

Esperance area

16-Jan-21

Esperance area

17-Jan-21

Esperance area

26-Jan-21

Esperance area

27-Jan-21

Esperance area

28-Jan-21

Esperance area

29-Jan-21

Esperance area

30-Jan-21

Esperance area

31-Jan-21

Esperance area

10-Feb-21

Esperance area

11-Feb-21

Esperance area

12-Feb-21

Esperance area

13-Feb-21

Esperance area

14-Feb-21

Esperance area

18-Jun-21

Nanarup Beach, Albany

19-Jun-21

Nanarup Beach, Albany

05-Aug-21

Offshore Mandurah

18-Aug-21

Perth Metro

12-Sep-21

Perth Metro

22-Sep-21

Perth Metro

06-Oct-21

Perth Metro

07-Oct-21

Perth Metro

13-Oct-21

Perth Metro

14-Oct-21

Perth Metro

15-Oct-21

Perth Metro

23-Oct-21

Perth Metro

24-Oct-21

Perth Metro

28-Oct-21

Perth Metro

29-Oct-21

Perth Metro

30-Oct-21

Perth Metro

31-Oct-21

Perth Metro

03-Nov-21

Perth Metro