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Alex Mitchell and Nyk Carnsew

Shark-netting season sliced with calls to end scheme

Shark nets in NSW will be removed earlier than usual in a bid to protect other marine life. (Gold Coast Bulletin/AAP PHOTOS)

Conservation groups have welcomed a decision to cut the time shark nets are used on NSW beaches, but they say the measures should be done away with completely to prevent animals' unnecessary deaths.

The state government will trial scrapping the nets a month earlier than usual, ending the season - which begins in September - on March 31, 2025.

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