The nets have caught 208 non-target species with 134 of those found dead, including endangered marine life.
More than 130 marine animals, including 10 that are endangered, have been found dead in New South Wales shark nets this season, new data has found.
Of those caught, 134 were found dead, including five critically-endangered grey nurse sharks, four endangered leatherback turtles and one endangered loggerhead turtle.The data also found, 93 per cent of marine life captured in the nets were non-target animals and only 36 per cent were released alive.
NSW's Shark Meshing Program sees shark nets installed on beaches from Newcastle to Wollongong every September through April and will be removed today for the end of the season. And four in five Australians - and 83 per cent of New South Wales residents - recognise they are entering shark habitat when they swim in the ocean and assume responsibility, an independent poll commissioned by the group found. Prehistoric ocean reptile 'twice the size of a bus'Campaigners are consequently calling on Premier Chris Minns to stop deploying the "outdated technology".
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