Drumlines kill species of sharks which are no threat to humans and other harmless wildlife.

 Drumlines  kill species of sharks which are no threat to humans and other harmless wildlife. There are concerns that these drumlines will attract the very sharks that we want to discourage. The money being spent could be very well spent on research for more effective strategies protecting both humans and sharks.

From the AMCS.
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Shark
Wild

Other common names: Marketed as Flake, particularly in Victoria
Notes:
Gillnet, longline and trawl caught, depending on species and fishing location; slow-growing, long-lived and late-maturing group of species, producing few young, making all shark species vulnerable to fishing pressure; large declines in shark populations worldwide with several species listed as threatened with extinction by IUCN; School Shark is listed as a ‘conservation dependent’ threatened species under Commonwealth environment legislation; bycatch of dolphins and Australian sea lions has been an issue in the gummy shark fishery off SA – area closures are in place to reduce the impact of the fishery on these threatened species; many shark species e.g. tropical sharks are still caught without any stock assessments; shark meat also imported from poorly managed fisheries in Asia.
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Of course, even sharks that do kill people are really lagging in the killing stakes.  Perhaps the money that's being spent on drum lines would more effectively save lives if it was spent elsewhere, instead of posing an internationally illegal threat to an endangered species.