New Shark Listening Stations in Sydney Harbor

0:00Sydney's gearing up to drop two new shark-listening stations in the harbor to keep swimmers safer. One set several hundred meters off Balmoral Beach on the lower north shore, and the others near Camcove Beach by the Salon Pigs reef in the eastern suburbs. These stations pick up pings from electronic tags on sharks like bull sharks, then ping alerts through the Shark Smart app if ones within 500 meters. Officials pick these spots because sharks cruise through there regularly, especially around popular beaches like Vocluse and Nielsen Park. This comes after a rough stretch in January with four shark bites in just 48 hours, including the tragic death of a 12-year-old boy, jumping off rocks at Vocluse. Heavy rains stirred up brackish water that drew the sharks in close. Since then, the government's ramped up tagging, nabbing, and tagging four bull sharks in Sydney Harbor, and 18 more up in Cops Harbor. That's over 20 in total as part of their biggest shark program ever. Locations still need final approval, but expect them in the water within a few months.

1:02Marcel Green from the Shark Management team says it'll give a solid heads up without fooling folks into risky swims, stick to those in closed areas in. The Harbor for now. That's your update from Sydney News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.