Consultants name for acoustic know-how to trace white sharks off South Australia

He mentioned the real-time receivers could possibly be used to inform the general public and authorities when a shark is close by.

“This data can be utilized by the general public to be higher knowledgeable concerning the threat of shark bites and to go away the water when a probably harmful shark is close by,” he informed the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC).

Russ Bradford from nationwide science company the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Analysis Organisation (CSIRO) mentioned the east coast state of New South Wales (NSW) spent roughly 20 million Australian {dollars} ($12.4 million) over the past 10 years tagging sharks and putting in acoustic receivers.

He informed ABC {that a} comparable program in SA could possibly be helpful alerting water customers to the presence of a shark.

Based on the NSW Division of Major Industries and Regional Improvement, the state’s shark tagging program is estimated to be the biggest on the planet. In 2023, the 37 acoustic receivers alongside the NSW coast recorded 62,835 shark detections, 34,929 of which had been nice white sharks.

A spokesperson for the state authorities of SA informed the ABC that increasing SA’s acoustic receiver program for the aim of lowering the chance of shark bites can be inefficient and impractical as a result of size of the state’s shoreline.