SHARK DRUM LINE PROGRAM
17. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
Minister for Fisheries:
Has there ever been a fatality in Western Australia caused by
a tiger shark?
Hon
KEN BASTON replied:
I thank the honourable member for the question.
To my knowledge, there have been attacks by tiger sharks. I
have not had proof of a death caused by a tiger shark, but I have been told
that there is. I do not have the exact case, so that is it.
Several members interjected.
Hon KEN BASTON: Can I say that those three sharks
are the sharks that were identified and are dangerous to humans. Those are the
three sharks that were actually taken. The tiger shark is one of those three,
and that was by —
Hon Lynn MacLaren: The tiger shark has never caused a
fatality, minister. Do your research.
Hon KEN BASTON: It has, and there are some cases in which
it is believed that it may have been a tiger shark. That is my information, and
that is from an expert of Fisheries.
Hon Lynn MacLaren: Please update it; please look into it.
Hon KEN BASTON: Thank you.