[Aliantha]

I don't have any details, but I can guess that they were baiting for sharks in order to catch that one. Obviously they weren't quite prepared for the size they caught though. I assume they had a winch to bring it in with. There's no way you'd land a shark that size without some kind of mechanical help.

Classic, it was caught at the mouth of the Brisbane River. There's no surf there. The Brisbane River opens onto Moreton Bay which is protected by large sand islands.

People catch shark to eat. Plenty of people make a living from it in fact. Not all species are protected, and Bull sharks definitely are not. I suspect they probably sold that one to one of the local seafood shops, although I can't be certain of that. No doubt they'll keep the head and clean up the jaws as a trophy though.

As a matter of interest, it is now understood that numbers of sharks along the coast of Australia have been under estimated to the point that some sharks previously listed as endangered or protected perhaps need not be. More research is currently being undertaken on that particular subject though.