NSW Department of Primary Industries
SharkSmart Pro
The Brief
A digital ecosystem powering realtime shark alerts, information and resources straight to mobile
The SharkSmart program is part of NSW Shark Management Strategy and a statewide Department of Primary Industries (DPI-NSW) initiative to help swimmers, surfers and other water users in NSW to be aware of how to minimise the risk of being in waters where Sharks may be present.
Three important things
Digital Ecosytem
Realtime Alerts
Mobile Resources
”Improving people’s education and awareness of shark behaviour helps to reduce their risk of a shark encounter in NSW waters
Alerts
Integrated near real-time notifications
Real-time notification to mobile when tagged sharks are detected via listening stations in NSW waters.
Maps
Meshing, Enclosures & Tagging information
Real-time notification to mobile when tagged sharks are detected via listening stations in NSW waters.
Shark Species
Sharks & other marine animal information
Shark education about different species, behaviour and that of other creatures found in NSW waters.
Assessment Tools
Interactive Risk Assessment Feature
Self assessment tools to evaluate a persons risk of a shark encounter based on their interaction with NSW waters.
What’s next?
An integral part of their Shark Management Strategy the NSW Department of Primary Industries continue to work with Mobiddiction on some of the strategic elements, design, implementation and evolution of their SharkSmart mobility program of work. With the latest version now able to relay real-time alerts of tagged sharks detected in NSW waters straight to mobile, this is but one of the innovations within the app used to provide an effective shark attack mitigation measure at NSW beaches.
Try it for yourself!
The SharkSmart app provides key information and resources to users to help further reduce the small risk of shark bites in NSW waterways.
