Monster shark found off Bar Beach

The body of a four meter-long great white shark was discovered in shark netting on Newcastle's Bar Beach yesterday morning.

The creature was initially towed to the Newcastle Fisherman's Co-Op due to an inability to lift the remains from the water with a commercial vessel.

Now, the shark's carcass is now being held at the Port Stephens Fisheries Research Centre, where it will be "analysed as part scientific research purposes," (or is it porpoises?).

Representatives for the centre said that the shark netting acts as important preventative device.

"The nets are not set as a barrier, but rather as a technique that deters dangerous sharks from establishing a territory and reduces the risk to swimmers," said a spokesperson.

"This program is very successful."

No word on whether or not we are going to need a bigger boat, though...

By Carl Gregory (Cross Media Reporter)
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/10/21/3345298.htm