With the 2025 sardine run already underway, the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board (KZNSB) revealed that they have removed shark safety nets from the waters at 25 beaches along the south coast.
The Sharks Board said that that melee of predators accompanying the sardine shoals was problematic, not just to the sardines but also to the Board itself.
“The shark nets that provide bather protection along the beaches take a heavy toll of sharks and dolphins if they are not lifted before the arrival of the Sardine Run,” it said, as per Business Tech.
The 25 beaches affected
The eThekwini Municipality also announced on Monday, 2 June, that the public was now prohibited from swimming on KwaZulu-Natal’s south coast beaches, due to the shark nets being removed.
These beaches include:
- Isipingo Beach
- Amanzimtoti Beach
- Warners Beach
- Winkelspruit
- Karridene
- Umgababa
- Scottburgh
- Hibberdene
- Umzumbe
- Banana Beach
- Sunwich Port
- South Port
- Umtetweni
- St Micheals On Sea
- Uvongo
- Margate
- Ramsgate
- Southbroom
- Kent Bay Umkobi
- San Lameer
- Trafalgar
- Glenmore
- Leisure Bay
- To Strand
- Port Edward
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