Critically endangered grey nurse sharks and threatened turtles among species trapped along with 51 targeted sharks
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The vast majority of animals caught in New South Wales shark nets last season were not target species and just over a fifth were threatened species, new government figures show.
Of the 376 marine animals caught in the eight months to April, 325 were non-target species.
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