The discovery of a beheaded 1.8-metre tiger shark at the end of a popular tourist jetty in Western Australia has spurred calls to extend a recent shark fishing ban to encompass the South West region.
Important points:
A diver discovered the second mutilated shark carcass at Busselton Jetty.
It is not prohibited in the South West to catch sharks, however it is forbidden to mutilate animals.
The discovery has sparked requests for the Perth shark fishing ban to be extended throughout the region. Caution: This post contains photographs that readers may find upsetting.
The state government imposed a wire trace shark fishing ban on Perth beaches this month, extending from South Mandurah to just north of Two Rocks in the metropolitan region.
Local diver Aaron Goodhew discovered a damaged tiger shark body at Busselton Jetty over the weekend, only eight metres from a ladder entrance to the ocean, before photographing it in front of one of the jetty’s underwater sculptures.
“I removed it from the water and I took it back to the beach away from where all the kids were,” he went on to say.
“Then I just basically wrapped it up in an old curtain and just got it off the beach and took it away.”
Mr Goodhew discovered another shark beheaded in a similar occurrence last year at Busselton Jetty.
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