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South Coast Marine Park should ban fishing at Salisbury Island to stop shark chumming, diver says

A former abalone diver wants the architects of a new marine park to ban fishing at a white shark hot spot to stop filmmakers using bait to rile up the predators.  

Salisbury Island, about 85 nautical miles south-east of Esperance on WA's south coast, has held a special place in Marc Payne's heart since he first went diving there in 1998 and found it teeming with white sharks. 

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