Monster great whites and mammoth tiger sharks among the 850 caught off Queensland’s coast this year as state sees huge increase in the predators cruising past state’s beaches
- Some 850 sharks have been snared in nets across QLD beaches in the past year
- There were 655 caught in the previous 12 months and just 496 the year before
- The trend comes as environmentalists call for the state’s net program to be axed
- Nets kill lots of wildlife, but casualties are decreasing with better technology