Fishermen Face Trial Over Shark Kill

May 5, 2009

Release from: ABC News (Australia)

Two men accused of illegally killing sharks in Western Australia's Kimberley region have been committed to stand trial in Broome later this year.

Baden Lloyd-Smith and Leon Bin Omar have been charged under the Fisheries Act with taking a protected species.

The Department of Fisheries alleges the sharks were killed for their fins and dumped on 80 Mile Beach early in 2008.

The two men have had their fishing licences revoked and will stand trial on July 21.