THREE-MONTH TRIAL OF ALTERNATE SHARK MITIGATION MEASURES DURING SOUTHERN WHALE MIGRATION · Attachment 5 to the Minutes dated 22-01-2026 - Letter to Minister from Mayor dated 20 Sep 2025 - QLD Shark Management

 20 November 2025



 Hon Tony Perrett MP
 Minister for Primary Industries
 Department of Primary Industries
 Via email: [email protected]; [email protected]


 Dear Minister Perrett

 TRIAL SHARK NET REMOVAL DURING WHALE MIGRATION SEASON

 Further to earlier correspondence regarding the Queensland Shark Management Plan, I wish to
 advise you of the result of Noosa Council’s motion presented at the LGAQ Annual Conference in
 October.

 The motion outlined below was carried by an overwhelming majority vote of 204 to 7, demonstrating
 strong state-wide support from Queensland councils for such a trial:

     LGAQ Motion #92 - Trial of Non-Lethal Shark Mitigation Measures During Whale
     Migration Period
     That the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) calls on
     the State Government to modernise Queensland’s Shark Control Program by working
     in partnership with interested coastal councils to trial non-lethal, evidence-based shark
     mitigation technologies such as drone surveillance, sonar detection systems, and SMART
     drumlines, specifically during the annual whale migration period.

 I acknowledge and respect your correspondence (CTS 17878/25) noting the State’s current priority
 initiatives, including the year-round use of shark nets and drumlines and the Department’s expertise
 in releasing whales entangled in program gear.

 In light of the near-unanimous support for this motion, I respectfully offer evidence of wide-spread
 support for a trial of non-lethal shark mitigation measures during the whale migration period.

 I understand Noosa is the only location that has so far requested this and remains open to any trial
 during the next whale migration season, should you wish to test alternative measures.

 Yours sincerely



 Cr Frank Wilkie
 Noosa Shire Mayor




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