WA shark cull season ends, and ocean users don’t want it to return

Authors

Leah Maree Gibbs, University of WollongongFollow
Andrew T. Warren, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

92123

Publication Details

Gibbs, L. & Warren, A. (2014). WA shark cull season ends, and ocean users don’t want it to return. The Conversation, 30 April 1-3.

Link to publisher version (URL)

http://theconversation.com

Abstract

The end of April marks the end of Western Australia’s shark cull – for now at least. Since January 25, dozens of sharks (the WA government has not yet released official figures) have been killed off popular beaches in Perth and the state’s southwestern tip.