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Net alert could reveal shark-safe waters for swimmers
Until now the Government has refused to even consider telling the public where the nets are placed.

The nets are moved between 51 beaches stretching from Newcastle to Wollongong but not every beach is defended each day.

A major review of the "shark meshing program" will be revealed by Department of Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald next month.

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The main focus of the review will be measures to reduce the likelihood of other marine life, such as sea turtles, dolphins, harmless sharks and rays, being caught in the nets.

"The Government is considering a range of options to improve the system further and the benefits of advertising the location of nets on any given day is one option that could be looked at," Mr Macdonald said yesterday.

The Daily Telegraph understands the Government's main concern is that if the locations were advertised, the beaches where the nets are placed would be swamped by swimmers.

It is also concerned that most people still think the nets are a total barrier preventing any sharks getting close to a beach, rather than the reality of a series of unconnected nets which do not reach top to bottom.

Bondi lifeguards reflected the Government's concerns about ignorance of the nets but said the idea of naming beaches was worth exploring.

"But people will always come to Bondi no matter what," one lifeguard said.

The shark meshing program has come under sustained attack by green groups for the effect it has on other marine life.

"The shark meshing program works extremely well with only one recorded death on a netted Sydney beach in the last 71 years," Mr Macdonald said.

"Of course, the public needs to remember there are no 100 per cent guarantees and the ocean is the shark's natural habitat."

Sharks have attacked four people in Australia this summer, with one death in Western Australia. Spotters claim a large increase in numbers along the NSW coast.
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