New South Wales Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald has banned the actions of a group of men who have been using four-wheel drives to catch great white sharks off a beach, near Newcastle.

The men were filmed using surfboards to swim salmon baits out to the juvenile sharks off Stockton Beach and then reeling them in from a chair mounted on the vehicle.

Mr Macdonald says he has introduced a ban on the use of heavy fishing equipment and baits weighing more than 200 grams between Stockton and Hawks Nest to stamp out the activity.

"I found it quite extraordinary what these individuals were doing, very dangerous to themselves and very dangerous to beachgoers in the area," he said.

"Great white sharks are highly territorial and attracting them to that area is a danger not only to people doing the practice, but also other members of the community."

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