Human safety net stays

“Human safety must come first and that is why the Queensland Government is committed to the Shark Control Program,’’ he said. “Since the start of the program in 1962, there has been one shark fatality at a shark control beach in Queensland.’’

Mr Krause said that in 2016, about 22,000 whales migrated along the Queensland coast, and out of this number, six became entangled in shark nets. All were successfully released.