Scientists urge NSW government to fast-track AI-powered drone shark warning system for Sydney beaches
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Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Max Maddison
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Scientists are urging the NSW government to accelerate its $30 million shark mitigation strategy to deploy an AI-powered early warning system using autonomous drones to detect sharks off Sydney beaches, potentially by summer. This comes after a swimmer was mauled by a great white shark at Coogee Beach, prompting Premier Chris Minns to consider a bull shark cull and expand drone patrols, while ruling out culling white sharks.
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· 3 pulledAn early warning system to detect sharks off popular beaches and sound the alarm could be in place by summer if the NSW government ramped up its existing $30 million shark mitigation strategy, scientists say.
Premier Chris Minns said a cull of Sydney's bull sharks was being considered while ruling out such a measure for white sharks.
Minns on Monday said he wanted to vastly scale up beach patrols by automated drones after the mauling of a swimmer by a great white shark at Coogee Beach.
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