Two Great Whites Die in Shark Nets

This article is from Shark Life.
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On the 31 August a large sub adult female Great White shark (4.37m) weighing 900kg's was caught in a shark net off Zinkwazi beach on the KZN north coast. She was still alive when the natal sharks board (NSB) team arrived and she was tagged and released. Unfortunately the nets are very effective trapping devices and she was caught in the same nets a day later and died.


Shark nets kill on average 26 Great White Sharks every year.

Then on the 2nd of August a second unfortunate female Great white (3.95m) weighing 722kg was found dead in the shark net culling devices. It was an unusual occurrence to have two large Great whites caught in the nets within such a short space of time. There was no apparent reason for them to be in the area i.e. scavenging on a whale carcass or the like.



the average size of the great whites caught by the NSB is around 2.5m.

Shark Nets Facts:
• Shark nets do not form a barrier
• Shark nets are culling devices
• An average of 600+ sharks are culled each year
• 38 beaches in KZN have shark culling devices
• Shark culling is a destructive method of reducing the risk of shark attack