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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 341 asked in the Legislative Council on 2 April 2014 by Hon Lynn Maclaren

Parliament: 39 Session: 1

SHARK DRUM LINE PROGRAM

341. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

I refer to drum line operations off the Perth and south west coasts.

(1) Will the Premier please table the guidelines that have been given to both the south west contractor and Department of Fisheries officers on the processes for capturing and releasing sharks on drum lines?

(2) Is the south west contractor obliged to photograph the sharks captured by the contractor?

(3) Are Department of Fisheries officers obliged to photograph the sharks they capture?

(4) Will the Premier please table all photographs taken by the south west contractor and the Department of Fisheries of all shark captures on drum lines to date?

Hon PETER COLLIER replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question.

(1) The contractor and the Department of Fisheries comply with the service operations as specified in the tender, and the relevant state and federal legislation. Compliance is based on self-reporting, observer reports and an automatic location communicator fitted to the contractor's vessel. As part of pre-commencement meetings held with the contractor, training was provided on operational protocols, which included guidance on managing bycatch, handling target sharks and responding to a shark threat within a marine monitored area.

(2) Yes. However, safety of the crew and condition of the animal always take preference over photographing.

(3) Yes. However, safety of the crew and condition of the animal always take preference over photographing.

(4) No. As per the response provided by the Minister for Fisheries to Legislative Council question on notice 874, asked on 12 March 2014, catch data on drum line operations is released and made public on the Department of Fisheries website.