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
|