Shark Shield retro-fitted to a surfboard.

The creation of surfboards with shark deterring fins, beach noise mufflers and acoustic shark detectors are to be funded by the West Australian government.

These three projects, including research into what triggers shark attacks, have been awarded almost a million dollars in backing in the second round of research funding as part of the state government's Shark Hazard Mitigation Strategy.

The WA government began funding such research in 2012 following a spate of shark attacks.

In the past three years there have been seven fatal shark attacks in the state.

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In this round of funding, a WA company and two WA universities have been awarded a combined total of $967,161.

The four proposals were chosen by the Shark Hazard Advisory Research Committee chaired by Chief Scientist Lyn Beazley from a variety of project ideas that were submitted.

WA company Shark Shield Pty Ltd will received $300,000 across two years to develop new surfboard fins with an in-built electronic shark deterrent.

It is intended to develop a deterrent device that can be retro-fitted to all modern surfboards.

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