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One story filed under bather protection on World Data Ocean. The newest of them: “SMART drumlines: calibrated catch data refine non-lethal shark mitigation”. Three years of SMART drumline data along the New South Wales coast reveal something essential: non-lethal shark mitigation works, but its effectiveness depends on environmental context. A Global Hub for Ocean Intelligence 4 World Data Ocean is a centralized digital platform where researchers, scientists, and ocean enthusiasts converge to… The list below is every bather protection story on World Data Ocean, newest first.

SMART drumlines: calibrated catch data refine non-lethal shark mitigation
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SMART drumlines: calibrated catch data refine non-lethal shark mitigation

Three years of SMART drumline data along the New South Wales coast reveal something essential: non-lethal shark mitigation works, but its effectiveness depends on environmental context. Target species, White, Tiger, and Bull sharks, showed a combined catch rate of 0.66 per 1,000 hook-hours, while bycatch was nearly double that. White sharks preferred colder winter waters; Tiger and Bull sharks were more abundant in warm, calm conditions. This calibrated, empirical catch data allows managers to refine deployment timing and location.