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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Great Barrier Reef' has mentioned 'Shark' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 Geology and geography 2 Ecology 3 Environmental threats 3.1 Climate change 3.2 Pollution 3.2.1 Loss of coastal wetland 3.2.2 Eutrophication 3.2.3 Sediment runoff 3.2.4 Pesticides 3.2.5 Pollution from mining 3.3 Crown of thorns 3.4 Overfishing 3.5 Shipping 3.6 Shark culling 4 Protection and preservation: Reef 2050 plan 5 Human use 5.1 Management 5.1.1 Abbot Point coal port dredge dumping controversy 5.2 Tourism 5.3 Fishing 5.4 Dugong hunting 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links | WIKI |
| [43] Around 125 species of shark, stingray, skates or chimaera live on the reef. | WIKI |
| Shark culling | WIKI |
| Main article: Shark culling | WIKI |
| The government of Queensland has a "shark control" program (shark culling) that deliberately kills sharks throughout Queensland, including in the Great Barrier Reef. | WIKI |
| [85] The Queensland "shark control" program uses shark nets and drum lines with baited hooks to kill sharks in the Great Barrier Reef xe2x80x93 there are 173 lethal drum lines in the Great Barrier Reef. | WIKI |
| [87] Queensland's "shark control" program killed about 50,000 sharks from 1962 to 2018. | WIKI |
| [88] Also, Queensland's "shark control" program has also killed many other animals (such as dolphins and turtles) xe2x80x94 the program killed 84,000 marine animals from 1962 to 2015, including in the Great Barrier Reef. | WIKI |
| [89] In 2018, Humane Society International filed a lawsuit against the government of Queensland to stop shark culling in the Great Barrier Reef. | WIKI |