In the last seven days there have been three shark sightings in Mandurah. Photo: Sharksmart website.
There has been two public shark sightings this morning off Avalon Beach in Mandurah.
At 7.29am on Wednesday, a two-metre shark was sighted near cray pots one kilometre off the beach.
At 6.47am, a three-metre shark was spotted about 500 metres off the same beach.
Shark mitigation conversations have reached fever pitch recently as strategies to protect beach-goers, swimmers and surfers have been debated following 20-year-old Albany bodyboarder Noah Symmans being bitten by a grey-nurse shark off Pyramids Beach on November 11.
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The Mandurah Mail reported last week that only 14 surfers in the Mandurah area have taken up the state government’s offer of subsidised personal shark deterrent devices so far.
