The Australian State Government is refusing to remove sharks nets along the gold coast shark during the annual whale migration despite the fifth stranding of a humpback whale this season.

Only days ago, a young whale was trapped in nets off Burleigh Heads - the third stranding in three weeks and the fifth this year. Conservation groups are now increasing pressure on the Government to remove the nets during the migration from April to October but Primary Industries Minister Tim Mulherin has emphatically ruled out removing the nets, saying it would put human lives at risk. He is worried if the nets, introduced in the 1960s after a spate of maulings are removed then people in the water are vulnerable to sharks that frequent the area. The Gold Coast is a vital resting spot for female whales and their calves on their long migration back to the Southern Ocean. One whale rescued recently had part of the net over its head, over its left pectoral fin and completely wrapped around its tail. Sadly, it's not just whales that are killed by these nets, a dolphin was found recently caught in shark nets at one of Sydney's Northern Beaches, dead and entangled.

'Remove Shark Nets' is a campaign to act to remove the shark nets from Queensland and New South Wales in Australia. The website aims to inform readers of the negative impacts of shark nets on sharks, dolphins, whales, dugongs, turtles and rays and many fish species.