SharkSmart Pro

NSW Department of Primary Industries

The Brief

A digital ecosystem powering realtime shark alerts, information and resources straight to mobile

SharkSmart PRO is field mobility solution used by NSW-DPI team, aerial team, drone teams and smart drumline operators to create and distribute Shark alerts in NSW.

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.