7 days with no shark drumlines off Ballina, Evans Head
Premium Content Subscriber only Rough and dangerous seas have prevented contractors from deploying SMART drumlines off our coast for the past seven days. The drumlines are part of the state government’s shark mitigation strategy. Up to 35 of them are usually deployed every day at locations off Ballina and Evans Head, including beaches such as Lennox Headland, Boulder, Sharpes, Angels, Shelly, Lighthouse, South Ballina, Airforce, Evans Head, Main, Shark Bay and Joggly Point. The SMART drumlines are located around 500m offshore in 8 to 15m of water. They intercept and catch target sharks in ...
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