❓ Question regarding the detection of a tagged great white shark found dead near Geraldton, and the denial of a research request for the shark's body. The answer refers to another question, QoN 1426.
AnsweredQoN 1456Legislative Council
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(1) I refer to the four metre great white shark found dead at Coronation Beach, north of Geraldton on 15 July 2014 and ask was the acoustic tag that was fitted to the shark detected at any point by the Department of Fisheries owned early warning acoustic receivers located at various locations off the Western Australian coast? (2) If yes to (1), please give the dates, times and locations of each occasion that the tag was detected in Western Australian waters? (3) If no to (1), when will it be possible to know whether the shark was detected by the Department of Fisheries other acoustic receivers, that need to be taken from the water and downloaded on land? (4) Please explain why a request by a researcher at the University of Western Australia, to use the dead shark’s body for research purposes, was not met?
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Answered
11 September 2014
Responded by
Minister for Fisheries
Response time
28 days
Please refer to Legislative Council Question on Notice 1426.
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