Requests detailed historical data on great white shark detections by array receivers across WA, aiming to understand shark movements and inform public safety measures.

⏳ Awaiting AnswerQoN 1066Legislative Council
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20 March 2018
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Fisheries

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(1) For each of the following Perth metropolitan array receivers, by item, will the Minister please list all times and dates since inception, that each receiver has detected a tagged great white shark:
(a) Warnbro Sound;
(b) Garden Island (north end);
(c) Strickland Bay (Rottnest);
(d) Bickley Point (Rottnest);
(e) Leighton;
(f) Cottesloe;
(g) North Cottesloe;
(h) Swanbourne;
(i) City Beach;
(j) Floreat;
(k) Scarborough;
(l) 1.5km off Scarborough;
(m) 2km off Scarborough;
(n) 2.5km off Trigg;
(o) 2.5km off Mullaloo;
(p) Mullaloo South;
(q) Mullaloo North;
(r) Ocean Reef; and
(s) any other Perth metropolitan receivers not listed above, for which this data is available?
(2) For each of the following South West and Hamelin Bay array receivers, by item, will the Minister please list all times and dates since inception that each receiver has detected a tagged great white shark:
(a) Bunbury;
(b) Busselton;
(c) Eagle Bay;
(d) Yallingup; and
(e) any other South West region receivers not listed above for which this data is available?
(3) For each of the following Chatham Island, Albany, Two Peoples Bay and Bald Island array receivers, by item, please list all times and dates since inception that each receiver has detected a tagged great white shark:
(a) Frenchman Bay, Albany;
(b) Ellen Cove, Albany; and
(c) any other South Coast receivers not listed above, for which this data is available?
(4) For each of the following Esperance and Recherche array receivers, by item, will the Minister please list all times and dates since inception that each receiver has detected a tagged great white shark:
(a) West Beach, Esperance;
(b) Kelp Beds Beach, Esperance; and
(c) any other Esperance and Recherche region receivers not listed above, for which this data is available?
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