The shark barrier at Quinns Beach is on track to be re-installed next week while the protective device at Cottesloe has been delayed.<\/p>\n
The enclosure was to go back in the water at Cottesloe Beach yesterday, but on Tuesday the Town of Cottesloe said swell and weather forecasts meant installation would be unsafe for contractors.<\/p>\n
It is now scheduled to take place on October 12, in the same week Quinns Beach\u2019s barrier returns, weather permitting.<\/p>\n
Cottesloe mayor Melissa Harkins said she understood the community was keen to have the extra security at the beach.<\/p>\n
\u201cCottesloe Beach is a world-class and much-loved beach, and it is also one of Perth\u2019s safest thanks to the Town\u2019s commitment to the shark barrier every year,\u201c she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are mindful the community is eager to have the shark barrier installed as soon as possible, given recent tragic events at Sorrento and increased shark activity at local beaches.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to welcoming swimmers to our beautiful beach for a safe summer of swimming after next Monday\u2019s installation is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fisheries Minister Jackie Jarvis said funding remained available for local governments to \u201csupport the installation of beach enclosures as local governments see fit\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re happy to talk to local governments about how that might work.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will of course continue to assess new technology surveillance and make sure that we always improve our mitigation activities, as we have done for a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quinns\u2019 barrier walls are removed each April and reinstalled each October.<\/p>\n
The anchors remain in place on the seabed throughout the year.<\/p>\n
A City of Wanneroo spokesperson said the city\u2019s contractor used a team of at least five to install the enclosure, depending on weather and site conditions, with divers connecting the barrier walls to the existing anchors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shark barrier at Quinns Beach is on track to be re-installed next week while the protective device…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,47,46,128,45,338],"class_list":["post-919857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-north","tag-perth","tag-science","tag-wa-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}