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Effect of the Queensland Shark Control Program on non-target species: whale, dugong, turtle and dolphin: a review
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gribble, Neil A. McPherson, Geoffrey R. Lane, Baden |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Abstract | The Queensland Shark Control Program (QSCP) aims to protect swimmers at ten beach areas on the east coast of Queensland between Cairns (17°S) and the Gold coast (28°S). Since its inception in 1962 it has deployed shark nets and baited drumlines in a `mixed gear strategy' that adapts the type of gear to the characteristics of a site (e .g . extreme tidal range, high energy wave action, or proximity of turtle breeding areas) . The policy has provided swimmer protection, and the incidental capture of non-target species has been lower than that resulting from deployment of nets alone (Dudley 1997; Gribble et al. 1998b). The QSCP is the only major public-safety shark-control program to routinely use mixed gear. Both the New South Wales (Holt 1998) and KwaZulu-Natal (Dudley 1998) programs use nets exclusively, although the KwaZulu-Natal program has recently tested drumlines on an experimental basis (Dudley 1998; Dudley, personal communication). |
| Starting Page | 645 |
| Ending Page | 651 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1071/mf97053 |
| Volume Number | 49 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/687/1/Gribbleeffect-sec.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1071/mf97053 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
