There have been renewed calls for a ban on shark nets in Queensland after five whales became entangled in the past week.

The latest was on Friday morning, when a juvenile humpback became caught off Marcoola Beach on the Sunshine Coast.

A Department of Primary Industries spokesperson said the entanglement was reported just before 8am, with the whale successfully released two hours later.

“Our teams were alerted to this incident by reports to the Shark Control Program hotline and we had crews on the scene very quickly,” they said.

“We thank everyone who contacted the hotline, enabling us to provide prompt assistance.”

The net was being replaced, the spokesperson said.

Filmmaker Andre Borell, from the Envoy Foundation, witnessed Friday’s entanglement.

“Then were other whales hanging ar

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