Answers to the questions we are most often asked about white sharks, such as where they are, how many there are, how we tag and track them, and why they need protecting.
The white shark is listed as vulnerable and migratory under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Recent research into juvenile white sharks has provided the final pieces of information needed to estimate the size of adult white shark populations in Australian waters.
Seal colonies regularly visited by white sharks can be ideal for shark viewing tourism. In Australia, white shark cage diving occurs only at the Neptune Islands Group Marine Park.
Shark nets operate by entangling sharks that swim into them by chance.
An understanding of shark movements and behaviour is important to better understand the risk of encounters with sharks. Our research does not relate directly to shark attacks.
White sharks occur in coastal, shelf, and continental slope waters around Australia, from north-western Western Australia and south around the coast to central Queensland.
CSIRO does not currently conduct research on shark deterrent devices.
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