NSW: No evidence of increased shark numbers in NSW: Tebbutt

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2009
NSW: No evidence of increased shark numbers in NSW: Tebbutt

The New South Wales government says there's no evidence of increased shark numbers
.. despite cleaner waterways around Sydney.

News Limited reports the state's fishermen are regularly hauling up to 100 sharks per
night .. but new quotas mean they'll be banned from hunting sharks until July.

A navy diver and a surfer are recovering in hospital from two separate shark attacks
last week in Sydney Harbour and at Bondi Beach last.

Deputy Premier CARMEL TEBBUTT says it's more likely that a ban on commercial fishing
in the harbour due to dioxin issues has led to sharks being attracted to the greater number
of fish.

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