All acoustically tagged sharks can then be detected on the network of 21 real-time listening stations on the NSW coast that are located from Tweed Heads to Merimbula. Sharks tagged by DPI contractors during SMART drumline trials are fitted with external acoustic and identification tags. This enables scientists to register the natural movements of the sharks to determine the environmental and biological factors affecting their distribution in coastal waters. The Department of Primary Industries’ shark tagging project is mainly carried out using SMART drumlines.ĭPI scientists fit both externally fin-mounted satellite tags and surgically inserted acoustic tags to White and Tiger sharks, and internal acoustic tags to Bull Sharks.
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