❓ WA Parliamentary Question regarding the framework, assets, and operations of shark tagging in WA during 2021, with a detailed list of tagging operations provided.
AnsweredQoN 972Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
SHARKS — HAZARD MITIGATION
972. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Fisheries:
I refer to the answers provided to
my questions which concerned shark hazard mitigation provided on Tuesday, 9 November.
(1) What
framework applies to the conduct of planning and implementing shark tagging
operations in Western Australia? For
example, how are the areas of operation and the timing of these operations
determined?
(2) What
deployable assets are available to the department to facilitate these
operations? For example, how many vessels are available and is this a full-time
tasking?
(3) In tabular form, can the minister advise by date
and location how many individual shark tagging operations have been conducted in 2021, irrespective of
whether these operations eventuated in the successful acoustic tagging
of a white shark?
972. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Fisheries:
I refer to the answers provided to
my questions which concerned shark hazard mitigation provided on Tuesday, 9 November.
(1) What
framework applies to the conduct of planning and implementing shark tagging
operations in Western Australia? For
example, how are the areas of operation and the timing of these operations
determined?
(2) What
deployable assets are available to the department to facilitate these
operations? For example, how many vessels are available and is this a full-time
tasking?
(3) In tabular form, can the minister advise by date
and location how many individual shark tagging operations have been conducted in 2021, irrespective of
whether these operations eventuated in the successful acoustic tagging
of a white shark?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The answer has been provided by the Minister for Fisheries and
was current on Wednesday, 10 November.
(1) Shark tagging
operations are conducted to coincide with attractants such as whale carcasses,
large fish aggregations and seal pupping seasons. These opportunities include,
but are not limited to pink snapper spawning aggregations in Cockburn Sound in
September and October each year; whale carcass strandings during the humpback
whale migration from June to November each year; and the seal pupping season at
the offshore islands at Esperance in November to February each year.
(2) Shark tagging operations are conducted year-round,
subject to suitable environmental and weather conditions . The Department
of Primary Industries and Regional Development uses a dedicated 20-metre patrol
vessel and a specialised nine metre tagging
vessel for these operations. DPIRD also utilises patrol vessels stationed at districts around the state for shark tagging operations.
(3) As requested,
the answer is provided in tabular form. I seek leave to have it incorporated
into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Date
Location
13-Jan-21
Esperance
area
14-Jan-21
Esperance
area
15-Jan-21
Esperance
area
16-Jan-21
Esperance
area
17-Jan-21
Esperance
area
26-Jan-21
Esperance
area
27-Jan-21
Esperance
area
28-Jan-21
Esperance
area
29-Jan-21
Esperance
area
30-Jan-21
Esperance
area
31-Jan-21
Esperance
area
10-Feb-21
Esperance
area
11-Feb-21
Esperance
area
12-Feb-21
Esperance
area
13-Feb-21
Esperance
area
14-Feb-21
Esperance
area
18-Jun-21
Nanarup
Beach, Albany
19-Jun-21
Nanarup
Beach, Albany
05-Aug-21
Offshore
Mandurah
18-Aug-21
Perth
Metro
12-Sep-21
Perth
Metro
22-Sep-21
Perth
Metro
06-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
07-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
13-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
14-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
15-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
23-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
24-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
28-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
29-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
30-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
31-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
03-Nov-21
Perth
Metro
of the question. The answer has been provided by the Minister for Fisheries and
was current on Wednesday, 10 November.
(1) Shark tagging
operations are conducted to coincide with attractants such as whale carcasses,
large fish aggregations and seal pupping seasons. These opportunities include,
but are not limited to pink snapper spawning aggregations in Cockburn Sound in
September and October each year; whale carcass strandings during the humpback
whale migration from June to November each year; and the seal pupping season at
the offshore islands at Esperance in November to February each year.
(2) Shark tagging operations are conducted year-round,
subject to suitable environmental and weather conditions . The Department
of Primary Industries and Regional Development uses a dedicated 20-metre patrol
vessel and a specialised nine metre tagging
vessel for these operations. DPIRD also utilises patrol vessels stationed at districts around the state for shark tagging operations.
(3) As requested,
the answer is provided in tabular form. I seek leave to have it incorporated
into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Date
Location
13-Jan-21
Esperance
area
14-Jan-21
Esperance
area
15-Jan-21
Esperance
area
16-Jan-21
Esperance
area
17-Jan-21
Esperance
area
26-Jan-21
Esperance
area
27-Jan-21
Esperance
area
28-Jan-21
Esperance
area
29-Jan-21
Esperance
area
30-Jan-21
Esperance
area
31-Jan-21
Esperance
area
10-Feb-21
Esperance
area
11-Feb-21
Esperance
area
12-Feb-21
Esperance
area
13-Feb-21
Esperance
area
14-Feb-21
Esperance
area
18-Jun-21
Nanarup
Beach, Albany
19-Jun-21
Nanarup
Beach, Albany
05-Aug-21
Offshore
Mandurah
18-Aug-21
Perth
Metro
12-Sep-21
Perth
Metro
22-Sep-21
Perth
Metro
06-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
07-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
13-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
14-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
15-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
23-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
24-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
28-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
29-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
30-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
31-Oct-21
Perth
Metro
03-Nov-21
Perth
Metro
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