NSW urged to remove 51 shark nets after hundreds of dolphins and turtles caught last summer
by Petra Stock and Australian Associated Press from on (#6QD70)
Advocates against nets say sharks can easily swim underneath them and drone surveillance is more effective
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Experts, marine conservation groups and an MP are urging the New South Wales government to ban anti-shark nets, which kill large numbers of turtles and dolphins, after 51 nets were installed along the state's coastline.
Last summer more than 90% of marine animals caught in shark nets were not sharks, while more than half of the 208 non-target species caught - such as turtles, dolphins and smaller sharks - were killed, data showed.
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