More than 700 marine animals – including nine dolphins – were killed by shark nets and drum lines off Queensland’s coast last year, according to government data collated by conservation groups campaigning for an end to the state’s controversial shark culling program.
Drone footage from the Sunshine Coast, circulating on social media, shows a tiger shark being euthanised according to established practice by being stabbed, after being caught in drum lines. The footage has renewed debate about the lethal shark control measures used in Queensland since the 1960s.
