Shane Nolet told rescuers he was sitting on his board

Shark bites man sitting on surf board near Jetty NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. —A 23-year-old Edgewater man suffered a minor cut to the hand when a small shark bit him while he was surfing not far from the jetty on Thursday. Shane Nolet told rescuers he was sitting on his board with a friend when

Man pulls aggressive 8-foot bull shark onto Indian Shores beach

  INDIAN SHORES —  A 21-year-old Pinellas County fisherman said he caught an 8-foot bull shark off Indian Shores beach on Monday and took a cell phone picture holding open its jaws as proof. “The mouth on that shark was pretty intimidating,” Jesse Wright said. “It had some pretty bad looking teeth.” Wright said he

805 pound mako shark caught on Panhandle beach

SANTA ROSA COUNTY — A Panhandle fisherman recently reeled in quite a catch: An 11-foot, 805-pound mako shark. But Joey Polk and the two cousins who helped him reel in the huge catch last week off a Gulf Coast beach would rather keep the feat

Western Australia Man bitten in reef shark incident

A man is being treated in hospital after being bitten by what is believed to be a reef shark. It is understood that the Perth man was spearfishing with a friend at South Passage just south of Coral Bay when he was bitten on the hand. The incident occurred about 2km offshore late this afternoon.

Shark bites tourist in Cocoa Beach

A shark bit a 42-year-old German tourist on the right foot this afternoon at Shepard Park in Cocoa Beach, said Jeff Scabarozi, Brevard County Ocean Rescue chief. The shark attack occurred about 3:45 p.m. Lifeguards saw the victim struggling in the water, then pulled him to shore. “He had some good puncture wounds and lacerations

SAS Peoples International Shark Attack File and the International Shark Attack File

SAS Peoples International Shark Attack File and the International Shark Attack File At our sister site http://sharkattackfile.info we added a new feature. We took all the incidents from 1997 to current and displayed them in an easy to understand yearly table. We also added the figures from the ISAF to the table. There are several different categories

USS Indianapolis hopefully the best shark movie ever…

International Shark Attack File

International Shark Attack File The International Shark Attack File is considered by many shark attack authorities as having the most complete listing of shark attacks worldwide. The International Shark Attack File is owned by the American Elsmobranch Society the world’s largest organization of shark scientists. It is housed, supported and promoted by some of the

A surfer from Orlando was bitten by a shark while in the ocean in New Smyrna Beach

Surfer bitten by shark in New Smyrna Beach A surfer from Orlando was bitten by a shark while in the ocean in New Smyrna Beach, a Beach Safety Ocean Rescue official said. The 25-year-old man was bitten near the jetty, a place popular for surfing and shark bites, just before 10 a.m., said Capt. Tammy

Legalized Shark Finning in Costa Rica

Costa Rica News – The trial against Kathy Tseng, a Taiwanese-Costa Rican businesswoman, was the first time for Costa Rica to show in their legal system that they the Taiwanese mafia no longer made the decisions about shark finning in Costa Rica and that the government was serious in their legislation in banning shark finning in

2 teens bit by shark at New Smyrna Beach

Two teens surfing in the New Smyrna Beach area were bit by a shark Friday afternoon, Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Tamara Marris said. The first bite occurred about 1:30 p.m. near the jetty. The youth, who is from South Carolina, suffered a minor laceration on his foot. The second bite occurred about 20 minutes later, Marris

Woman dies in Australia shark attack during morning swim

Henry Belot, Canberra Times Reporter April 3, 2014   A woman in her 60s has died after a shark attack on the NSW south coast. Authorities were searching the ocean off Tathra for the woman’s body and the shark, police said. The woman was swimming with a group of people between Tathra Wharf and Tathra

Human remains with possible shark bite

Human remains with possible shark bites could be missing diver, WA police say Police believe a diver missing off the coast south of Perth may have been killed by a shark after human remains were discovered with possible shark bites. The man, 38, failed to resurface after diving with two friends several kilometres off Dawesville

Delray kite boarder bitten by shark

Kurt Hoffman treated for several wounds Saturday   Published Mar 22, 2014 Delray kite boarder bitten by shark Kurt Hoffman DELRAY, Fla. —Kurt Hoffman said he was bitten in the forearm by a shark Saturday morning while kite boarding in Delray. “The shark came up and took a bite,” Hoffman said on his Facebook page.

Austrian tourist fatally wounded by shark in South Africa

Media Release National Sea Rescue Institute ( NSRI ) 22. March 2014 ———————– Man fatally wounded by shark At approximately 15h00, Saturday, 22nd March, NSRI Port St Johns volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a shark incident at 2nd Beach, Port St Johns. NSRI Port St Johns volunteer sea rescue duty