The Great Barrier Reef shark control program has been suspended after a tribunal ruled sharks found alive on drumlines must be released, ending a 60-year program designed to protect swimmers
which imposes new permit conditions, effectively immediately.
"As a result, the decision has been taken to temporarily suspend the shark control program, within the boundaries of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park," he said. On Tuesday, Human Society International marine campaigner Lawrence Chlebeck welcomed the judgment as a "massive victory for sharks and marine wildlife"."Today this has ended."
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