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Boaters advised to keep clear of new shark listening station buoys deployed along NSW North Coast

Boaters are advised to keep clear of new customised yellow buoys which have been deployed as part of the NSW Government Shark Management Strategy along the NSW north coast from Kingscliff to Forster. The Department of Primary Industries has deployed eight new customised ‘listening station buoys’ which are around 3.5 metres long and fitted with 3.5 metre long steel sub-frames. The buoys have been deployed at a depth of 10 to 12 metres at the following locations: • Kingscliff Main Beach, Kingscliff (28°15.141’S and 153° 34.934’E) • Lennox Headland, Lennox Head (28° 48.258’S, 153° 36.460E) • Evans Head Main Beach, Evans Head (29° 06.531’S, 153° 26.387E) • Yamba Main Beach, Yamba (29° 26.000’S, 153° 22.191E) • Park Beach, Coffs Harbour (30° 17.473’S, 153° 08.717E) • Front Beach, South West Rocks (30° 52.782’S, 153° 02.715E) • Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie (31° 28.849’S, 152° 56.132E) • Forster Main Beach, Forster (32° 10.443’S, 152° 30.960E) Vessel operators are advised to exercise caution when navigating near the buoys which are marked by a yellow flashing light with a range of two nautical miles and a flash rate of one second on, four seconds off. For more information on the DPI strategy visit http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/info/sharks/nsw-shark-management-strategy For maritime safety information visit www.rms.nsw.gov.au/maritime