Following the release of a seven-meter humpback whale which became entangled in a net off the Gold Coast on Monday, an Australian environmental group called Sea Shepherd has joined the calls for the Queensland government to rethink its shark net problem.
The Australian managing director for Sea Shepherd, Jeff Hanson, says the current Queensland Shark Control program gives us a false sense of security.
Hanson dismissed the shark nets in a statement on Tuesday, saying “technologies and methods such as shark-spotting, enclosures, drones and information systems such as beach signage [make beaches safer] - none of which the Queensland government provides.”