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New SMART drumlines off the popular surf spots in the northern New South Wales coast have seen hundreds of sharks tagged and released.
Contractors tagged 14 great whites in a four-day span alone in July last year.
'SMART' is an acronym for Shark-Management-Alert-in-Real-Time. Once a shark is caught by a drumline, catchers are immediately alerted.
They then go by boat to the shark, tag it, and release it 1km away from shore.
The drone footage captured on Tuesday morning shows the two-metre fish cruising up and down the beach
The area between Byron Bay and Evans Head, particularly Ballina and Lennox Head, are known for hosting lots of big sharks