How can we reduce shark attacks while also protecting marine ecosystems?

And it's so wrong that we don't put people before sharks.”The incident on Sunday 14th June saw a 35-year-old woman sustain critical injuries while swimming in clear water between the flags on a sunny day.New South Wales Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty left the door open to a possible cull.“Nothing is off the table in terms of how we keep the community safe, but we swim in the ocean with living, breathing animals, and we have to share the ocean every day.”Authorities suspect it was a great white shark that bit Leah Stewart, and Assistant Minister for Immigration, Matt Thistlethwaite, was quick to say culling is not on the cards.“Great whites are threatened and protected species in Australia, so there certainly won't be any culling of that particular species And there are models that are being built to predict where they're most likely to bite people and using that science and the drones and the smart drumlines that allow scientists to tag evermore animals and then remove them before they become a threat is a really very powerful way of protecting people.”Dr Guida says West Australia is also trialing eco-barriers.“So these are kind of semi-rigid enclosures that go from the seafloor to the surface and are able to keep sharks out and bathers can still enjoy the ocean.”They're different from traditional shark nets, which are designed to entangle and kill large sharks.Senator Peter Whish-Wilson is the Greens spokesperson for healthy oceans.“Sharks are already being culled in Australia