Facts about Sharks in Queensland.
The figures below are from a report in Brisbane’s Sunday Mail (January 17, 2009) …
- 577 great white sharks caught off New South Wales beaches between 1950 and 2008
- 901 great white sharks caught off Queensland since 1962.
- Over 45,000 sharks caught in Queensland nets since they were introduced, according to the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.
- 578 sharks were netted off Queensland beaches, in 2008. Almost half of them over 2m long.
- 1025 sharks were netted off Queensland beaches, in 1988
- 61 people have been killed by sharks in Australia during the past 50 years,
- Last fatal shark attack off Queensland was in January 2006 (believed to have been a bull shark at Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island).
- Largest shark caught off Queensland in 2008 was a 5.3m tiger shark, from off Lamberts Beach in Mackay.
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