Editing Shark attack (section)

=== Other protection methods ===

[[File:Signs warning of shark attacks at Boa Viagem Beach in Recife, Brazil.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Signs warning of shark attacks at [[Boa Viagem, Recife|Boa Viagem Beach]] in [[Recife]], [[Brazil]]]]

[[Beach patrol]]s and spotter aircraft are commonly used to protect popular swimming beaches. However aerial patrols have limited effectiveness in reducing shark attacks.<ref name="NSWGOV">{{cite web |url=http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/623400/Report-into-the-NSW-Shark-Meshing-Program.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160616040059/http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/623400/Report-into-the-NSW-Shark-Meshing-Program.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2016 |title=Report into the NSW Shark Meshing (Bather Protection) Program |last1=Green |first1=M. |last2=Ganassin |first2=C. |last3=Reid |first3=D. D. |publisher=State of New South Wales through NSW Department of Primary Industries |access-date=21 December 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Robbins |first=William D. |display-authors=etal |title=Experimental evaluation of shark detection rates by aerial observers.|journal=PLOS ONE |volume=9 |issue=2|date=2014|pages=e83456|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0083456|pmid=24498258 |pmc=3911894|bibcode=2014PLoSO...983456R |doi-access=free }}</ref> Other methods include shark tagging efforts and associated tracking and notification systems, capture and translocation of sharks to offshore waters, research into shark feeding and foraging behaviour,<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlQ3DYMQcB0| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/VlQ3DYMQcB0| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=Thousands protest over shark cull in Australia|work=The Telegraph|location=UK|date=1 February 2014|access-date=5 January 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> public shark threat education programs and encouraging higher risk user groups, such as surfers, spear-fishers, and divers, to use personal shark protection technology.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.supportoursharks.com/Open_Letter_on_WA_Shark_Policy.pdf|title=Open letter to WA Government re: Proposal to use drum lines for shark population control and targeting of sharks entering protected beach|publisher=Support Our Sharks|access-date=5 January 2017|date=2013}}</ref>