 This species is caught incidentally by commercial fisheries using gillnets and longlines, such as the barramundi ("Lates calcarifer") gillnet fishery in Queensland (barramundi fisheries in New South Wales have been prohibited from rivers occupied by this species since 2005).Significant numbers are also taken by recreational anglers and bow fishers.Captured sharks might be eaten, used to bait crab pots, or discarded on land.