Furious New South Wales councils have banded together to demand an end to shark nets that are killing hundreds of animals - including dolphins, stingrays and turtles.
The Northern Beaches and Newcastle councils made their vote to the state government on Tuesday night saying alternate methods to monitor sharks should be set up and the nets taken down.
Out of the 3,000 marine animals caught in shark nets in the state since 2012, more than 1,500 have been killed - many being turtles, whales and dolphins, according to the Humane Society International.
Those voting against the nets also pointed out that they do not stretch across the whole beach and are only six metres high - with sharks still able to swim over them.