Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 11:32 am
Humane Society International (HSI) is today giving a
progress report on the Queensland Government s
implementation of a court order to end the culling of sharks
in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) showing too
many sharks are still dying in what is meant to be a
non-lethal program. This follows the charity s 2019 court
victory at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The
organisation reports that while some progress has been
made”, Queensland needs to do better” to comply with
the court orders.
The orders issued by the AAT
required the Shark Control Program to be carried out in a