Why has there been an increase in shark sightings?

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Updated October 19 2020 - 6:04pm, first published 4:30pm
Dunsborough photographer Ian Wiese captured this image of a 4.5 metre white shark eating a whale carcas which washed up close to Peppermint Grove Beach earlier this month.d
Dunsborough photographer Ian Wiese captured this image of a 4.5 metre white shark eating a whale carcas which washed up close to Peppermint Grove Beach earlier this month.d

Surf Life Saving WA's South West based Westpac Helicopter reported more than 65 per cent increase in swimmers and surfers being cleared from the water due to the presence of sharks during the school holidays.

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Emma Kirk

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Journalist for the Busselton Mail, Australian Community Media, and Fairfax Media.