Safe Spots? List of Beaches With Shark Nets To Be Revealed

Until now the Australian Government has refused to let the public know where the shark nets are placed. But that may be changing.

According to The Daily Telegraph, a major review of the “shark meshing program” will be revealed by Department of Primary Industries Minister next month. The main focus of the review will be how to keep other marine life, such as sea turtles, dolphins, harmless sharks and rays, from being caught in the nets.

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

The Government’s main concern with spilling the beans was that if the locations were revealed, the beaches where the nets are placed would be swamped by swimmers… along with the fact that most people think the nets are a total barrier preventing any sharks from getting to the beach, when the reality is it’s really just a series of unconnected nets which do not reach top to bottom.