Scubaism

However, a study by the Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund has found that for every threatening shark caught in the nets, up to 40 harmless marine creatures are trapped, including dolphins and turtles.

The effectiveness of the nets was made blatantly clear today in an unexpected development during a Sydney Aquarium demonstration of the nets’ construction and framework. An unsuspecting shark hovering on the oceanarium floor became entangled in the demo net, and had frantic divers trying to free the distressed creature before it was injured.

The conservation fund was launching a project aimed at raising the awareness of the threat shark nets pose to Australia’s aquatic ecosystems.