Photo Gallery: Congressman Rohrabacher backs a shark mitigation system for Corona Del Mar coastline

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher supports placing a shark mitigation system from the rocky area at left of photo straight across to the end of the jetty at center of photo, along the Corona del Mar coastline, during a news conference at Inspiration Point in Corona del Mar on Friday.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher discusses about a pilot project to prevent shark attacks along the Corona del Mar coastline during a news conference at Inspiration Point in Corona del Mar on Friday. Standing behind him, from left, are Newport Beach Councilman Will O’Neill, Newport Beach chief lifeguard Rob Williams, Shark Mitigation Systems representative Ian Cairns, and Newport Beach Mayor Kevin Muldoon.

While Ian Cairns of Shark Mitigation Systems talks about a phone app that alerts users about sharks locations, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher holds a multi-band sonar unit that will be bolted to the ocean floor. The two were holding a news conference at Inspiration Point in Corona del Mar on Friday.

Local residents Coleen Drews, left, and her sister Jennifer Drews look over wetsuits with diverter patterns before a news conference Friday at Inspiration Point about a pilot project to prevent shark attacks along the Corona del Mar coastline.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s district staff representative Kim VanderMeulen, right, tells local resident Renee Ludbrook, left, to leave the area after she yelled at Rohrabacher while he talked about a pilot project to prevent shark attacks during a news conference at Inspiration Point in Corona del Mar on Friday. Ludbrook who lives in Corona del Mar, said she has not been able to speak to Rohrabacher after many attempts and when she saw him there as she walked her dog she wanted to speak to him.