SYDNEY: An Australian man has been fined Aus$18,000 ($16,000) for killing a juvenile great white shark by ramming it with his boat then beating it to death with a metal pole, officials said on Thursday.

Great whites are a protected species in Australia and it is illegal to catch, keep, buy, sell, possess or harm them.

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