Fisheries Minister Mark Furner says the drones will be deployed by Surf Life Saving Queensland at Main Beach and Burleigh Beach on the Gold Coast, Coolum Beach and Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine Coast and North Stradbroke Island.

He says drones will be in the air every weekend, public holiday and every day during school holidays until November 2020, subject to weather and wind conditions.

"We will have drones in the air at five Southeast Queensland beaches from this weekend," Mr Furner said.

It's understood an independent report recommends the trial only gauge the effectiveness of drones in backing up existing lifesaving activities, as they may not be efficient in spotting sharks during twilight hours at dawn and dusk when people prefer to surf.

The trial comes after real estate agent Nick Slater, 46, died after being attacked by a suspected great white shark on September 8.

It was the first fatal shark attack on the Gold Coast in 60 years.

Three tiger sharks were caught in nets and on drumlines near Greenmount Beach in the hours after the attack.

Mr Furner said there were already 86 beaches with shark control equipment across the state, including 23 on the Gold Coast.

"The program is under constant review, with the aim of making continual improvements," he said.

The minister met with the Shark Control program Scientific Working Group at 11am on Friday to discuss the program.

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington urged the government to fully implement the controls recommended in a review of the shark control program released 12 months ago.

"Labor are putting swimmers and tourism jobs at risk," Ms Frecklington said, adding the LNP supports the use of more SMART drumlines and drone surveillance.

Her call was backed by the Humane Society and Australian Marine Conservation Society, who said the program needed an "urgent upgrade" to remove the use of shark nets and older drumlines.

"The shark nets and lethal drumlines must come out, they're stone-age technologies that do nothing but threaten iconic wildlife like our humpback whales," the groups said in a statement.

"The current program has been using the same...technology to cull sharks since the 1960s."

In Queensland's latest attack, a man in his 50s was fishing 35km off Fraser Island on Thursday afternoon when he hooked a white tip shark and was bitten on the arm.

Australian Associated Press