Gallery: NSW shark nets' deadly toll on non-target species including dolphins and turtles

By Matthew Kelly
Updated August 18 2021 - 12:50pm, first published 5:00am

Only 11 per cent of the marine animals caught in shark nets off the Hunter's coast during the 2020/2021 season were target species considered a threat to humans.

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