The NSW Government is promising more drones to look for sharks

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The New South Wales government has promised more drones to look for sharks at beaches. But operators say drones are not the answer when the water is murky. And those conditions tend to attract more bull sharks thought responsible for the four attacks in recent days.

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00:00The closest of calls. Paul Javerstenes was attacked by a shark at Point Plummer on the

00:07mid-north coast yesterday while family watched on.

00:11I feel sorry for the girl who was videoing it while they were surfing. I think she'll

00:16probably need more help than he will.

00:19The surfer made it ashore with minor injuries and a bite on his board to prove it.

00:25It does make you think twice to be honest.

00:26It was the fourth attack in the state in 48 hours, others with more devastating results.

00:3212-year-old boy Nico Antic from Sydney's east suffered critical injuries after an attack

00:37near his Vaucluse Rock jumping spot on Sunday. The boy is a nipper at North Bondi Surf Lifesavers

00:44and a keen surfer.

00:4527-year-old Andre de Rauta remains in hospital following an attack at North Stain Beach in

00:51Manly on Monday.

00:52We are looking at what the options are here. The Premier's ruled out a shark cull.

00:58Shark incident data shows the number of shark bites in Australia has increased exponentially

01:03since the 1950s. But so has the number of people in the water. The state government says it will

01:09send up more drones to try and find sharks near swimmers.

01:14Jason Eagledon is the eye in the sky over Bondi Beach, often spotting sharks beneath unsuspecting

01:21surfers. But after rain, when bull sharks are active, this is what the drone sees.

01:27There's no use employing more drones at this point, with the conditions still murky.

01:31He says it's people, not sharks, that need to change.

01:35I haven't noticed any form of signing on the beach ever saying, you know, we've had a lot

01:40of rain stay out of the water, maybe that's a good idea.

01:42We can improve communications.

01:44As water quality starts to improve, some surfers are happy to take the risk.

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