Wednesday 17 August 2022 11:19 PM Calls for shark nets to removed from Sydney's Bondi Beach trends now
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A mayor has led calls for shark nets to be removed from Sydney's world-famous beaches this summer to protect marine life, just months after a man was mauled to death.
Waverley mayor Paula Masselos has divided opinion on her push for beaches in Sydney's east to go without nets this summer, including Bondi Beach.
Beaches will be without shark nets for the first time since they were introduced 85 years ago if the mayor gets her way.
The calls come six months after former British RAF engineer Simon Nellist was mauled to death in front of horrified beachgoers at nearby Little Bay by a 4.5metre great white shark during his daily swim.
It was Sydney's first fatal shark attack in 60 years and prompted the Department of Primary Industries to install 15 SMART drumlines from Little Bay to Bondi.
Simon Nellist (pictured) was mauled by a shark in a unprotected stretch of water near Little Bay in February
More than 50 nets are usually installed along beaches between Newcastle and Wollongong from September to April.
But Cr Masselos said locals are 'very concerned about the bycatch' getting caught in shark nets and argued they're ineffective.
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