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</div> </div>  <div class="p-header__image-container"> <img src="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/_images/page-banners/Shark-landing-page.jpg" alt="" /> <div class="p-header__color-overlay"></div> </div> </header>   <main role="main" id="main">  <section class="p-section t--bg-white no-padding-bottom"> <div class="container o-container--wide"> <h2>NSW tagged as a world leader in shark program</h2> <p class="e-txt--lead">The NSW Government鈥檚 shark tagging program is estimated to be the largest in the world.</p> <div id="content_container_850942"> <p>Tracking sharks is helping NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) scientists to determine their movement patterns and increase our knowledge of shark behaviour.</p><p>Research shows that some white sharks travel tens of thousands of kilometres, some moving across the Bight to Western Australia, others to Tasmania and New Zealand, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea. Bull and tiger sharks also undertake long distance movements, often from tropical waters of New Caledonia, far north Queensland to NSW and back again.</p> </div> </div>   </section><section class="p-section t-bg--lighter "> <div class="container o-container"> <div class="o-image-text-block o-image-text-block--left"> <div class="o-image-text-block__text"> <p class="p-section__tag">Shark activity</p> <h3 class="e-heading--featured">Sharks on the move</h3> <p>Check out this video which shows the movements of some sharks that were tagged in NSW during the 2015-20 Shark Management Strategy SMART drumline trials.</p> </div> <div class="o-image-text-block__image"> <div class="o-image-text-block__image-container c-video-toggle__container"> <div class="c-video-toggle js-video-trigger" data-video-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qk7ZUXSpS1c?autoplay=1&modestbranding=1&showinfo=0&mute=0&controls=1&rel=0"> <img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/qk7ZUXSpS1c/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Default Youtube Image for Video qk7ZUXSpS1c"/> <button class="c-video-toggle__btn">Play video</button> <div class="c-video-toggle__overlay"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="content_container_872408"> <br><br> </section> <section class="p-section t--bg-white no-padding-top no-padding-bottom"> <div class="container o-container--wide"> <p>The DPIRD shark tagging project is mainly carried out by its contractors using <a href="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/technology-trials-and-research">SMART drumlines</a>, as well as by the shark meshing contractors and targeted tagging trips by DPIRD scientists.</p><p>DPIRD scientists fit externally fin-mounted satellite tags and surgically inserted acoustic tags to white and tiger sharks, and externally fitted satellite tags at the base of the dorsal and internal acoustic tags to bull sharks. This enables scientists to register the natural movements of the sharks to determine the environmental and biological factors affecting their distribution in coastal and international waters.</p><p>Sharks tagged by DPIRD's SMART drumline contractors are fitted with external acoustic and identification tags. All acoustically tagged sharks can then be detected on the network of 37 real-time tagged shark listening stations on the NSW coast that are located from Tweed Heads to Merimbula. When a shark swims within approx. 500 metres of one of the stations, an instant alert is sent to the <a href="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/staying-safe">SharkSmart app</a>. Beachgoers can download the app and set it to receive tagged shark alerts at certain times and locations.</p><p>It is not unusual for some sharks to not 'ping' for some time on the tagged shark listening station network, noting the stations are located approximately 500m from shore. Some sharks travel hundreds of kilometres, including well beyond NSW waters, before we receive a ‘ping’ on one of our 37 stations.</p><p>Explore the Shark Map below for more information on recent SMART drumlines alerts, tagged shark detections, shark surveillance drone patrols and more.</p> </div>   </section><div class="nsw-container inside-content-js"> <div class="nsw-wysiwyg-content"> <div id="activity_map_1506724"> </div> </div>  <div id="content_container_1216017">  <iframe id="interactive-map-iframe" border="0" margin="0" src="https://map.pivotanalytics.com.au/" width="100%" height="600" style="display: none;"></iframe> </div>  </div>  </main>   <footer class="p-footer"> <div class="p-footer__strip"></div> <div class="o-container--no-padding"> <div class="p-footer__nav-container"> <nav class="p-nav--footer" role="navigation" aria-label="Footer navigation" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement"> <ul class="navbar-nav"> <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/accessibility-statement">Accessibility</a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="https://www.regional.nsw.gov.au/privacy">Privacy</a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></li> <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/contact-us">Contact us</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="p-footer__bottom"> <div class="o-container--no-padding"> <ul class="p-footer__links"> <li> <a href="http://nsw.gov.au/">NSW Government</a> <li> <a href="https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/">NSW Department of Primary Industries</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </footer>   <div class="p-search-overlay"> <form class="c-search c-search--overlay" action="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/search" title="Overlay search" aria-label="Overlay search"> <input class="fb-query" type="text" name="query" aria-label="search" title="search" placeholder="Search" /> <i class="fas fa-search"></i> <input type="hidden" name="collection" value="sharksmart"> <button type="submit" name="submit" aria-label="submit">Search</button> </form> <span class="p-search-overlay__close" name="search-overlay-close" aria-label="search-overlay-close"> <i class="fas fa-times-circle"></i> </span> </div> </div> <script src="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0020/1455023/build/js/vendor.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <script src="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0020/1455023/build/js/main.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/git_bridge/0020/1455023/build/css/after.css">  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/_designs/css/additional-rules.css">  <script src="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/js_file/0017/1024235/typeahead.bundle-0.11.1.min.js"></script> <script src="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/js_file/0018/1024236/handlebars-4.0.5.min.js"></script> <script src="https://www.sharksmart.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/js_file/0019/1024237/funnelback.autocompletion-2.6.0.js"></script> <script> jQuery(document).ready(function() { jQuery('input.fb-query').autocompletion({ datasets: { organic: { collection: 'sharksmart', profile : '_default_preview', program: 'suggest.json', format: 'extended', alpha: '0.5', show: '10', sort: '0', group: true }, }, typeahead: {hint: true}, length: 3 }); }); window.addEventListener("load", (event) => { if(document.getElementById("interactive-map-iframe") != null ){ document.getElementById("interactive-map-iframe").style.display = "block"; } }); </script> <section id="content_container_873018">  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-10022132-49"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-10022132-49'); </script> </section>  </body> </html>

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