Article History
Received: 11 March 2019
Accepted: 30 June 2019
First Online: 1 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable institutional national and international guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. NT sharks: Northern Territory Fisheries Special Permit S17/2531; CDU Animal Ethics A13014; Qld sharks: Queensland General Fisheries Permit 187250; JCU Animal Ethics A2310; NSW sharks: approval to deploy the gill-nets was granted under section 158 of the Commonwealth <i>Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999</i>, from the application of sections 18, 18A, 20, 20A, 23 and 24A of Part 3 and Parts 7 to 9 of Chapter 4 of the Act, by the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Energy.