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Shark bites woman diver’s face
Published on 5 Mar, 2012 at 23:26 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Shark bites woman diver’s face Occurred during routine feeding time Woman receives superficial face wounds Shark bites Melbourne Aquarium diver’s face, victim rushed to hospital by: By Aleks Devic From: Herald Sun March 06, 2012 1:42PM Shark bites woman diver’s face Occurred during routine feeding time Woman receives superficial face wounds A SHARK has attacked
Orlando Teen Bitten By Shark On Space Coast
Published on 4 Mar, 2012 at 23:06 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Orlando Teen Bitten By Shark On Space Coast (Brevard County, FL)- An Orlando, Florida teenager suffered minor injuries after suffering an apparent shark bite while kitesurfing with friends at Playalinda Beach in northern Brevard County this afternoon. Brevard County Fire Rescue paramedics responded to the beach at 1:15 p.m. and found the 19-year-old male patient
Shark bites fisherman off Northern Chile
Shark bites fisherman off Northern Chile. Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 04. March 2012. A fisherman from Peru was bitten by a shark while operating illegally in Chilean waters.
Florida’s first sharky incident of the year – Jason Lasser
Published on 2 Mar, 2012 at 0:41 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Wound from spinner shark ends in heart surgery for Lasser by Chad Abraham, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Jason Lasser may have the ultimate fish story. Kitesurfing Sunday off the coast of Florida, the Aspenite hit the top of a big wave that happened to have another inhabitant. Lasser said Tuesday
Plan for Shark Exclusion Net in South African Cape
City to consider a proposed trial installation of a shark exclusion net for Fish Hoek Beach. The South Peninsula Subcouncil (19) will shortly be considering a proposal to take the first steps to begin a trial of shark exclusion nets in the southern section of Fish Hoek beach.
Grey nurse shark chomps on foot
Published on 26 Feb, 2012 at 21:09 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Grey nurse shark chomps on foot BEN SMEE 27 Feb, 2012 11:19 AM A FISHERMAN has been bitten on the foot by a grey nurse shark at Broughton Island, north of Port Stephens. Jim Booth, who runs Kunara Fishing Charters, said the injured man had been in the water picking up a fish about 4pm
South Africa: Fishing boat attacked by great white
Published on 22 Feb, 2012 at 14:23 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
By Michael Engelmann, IOL News, 21. February 2012 An inflatable fishing boat has survived an attack by a great white shark off Strandfontein. The boat was anchored two miles out to sea when the shark attacked. Its crew was fishing for smooth hound sharks, which are preyed upon by great whites. One of the passengers
Seychelles swim ban lifted six months after shark attacks
Published on 22 Feb, 2012 at 14:17 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Seychelles tourism industry takes to the sea at Anse Lazio on Praslin now that swim ban is lifted By the Seychelles Tourism Board, via Forimmediaterelease.net, MEDIA CONTACT: Alain St.Ange, CEO, Seychelles Tourism Board, 19. February 2012 Members of the Seychelles tourism industry were seen enjoying the perfect setting of Anse Lazio of Praslin last
Shark tower grants for beaches in NSW Australia
Published on 18 Feb, 2012 at 21:09 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
The Hon Katrina Hodgkinson MP Minister for Primary Industries Minister for Small Business MEDIA RELEASE Friday, 17 February 2012 OBSERVATION TOWER GRANTS FOR LOCAL BEACHES Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson and Member for Wyong, Darren Webber today announced that two local beaches, Lakes Beach and Soldiers Beach will receive NSW Government funding for observation
Nick Ferguson had a run-in with “something big” in murky waters off Wurtulla.
Published on 7 Feb, 2012 at 21:35 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Shark scare for surfers Nick Ferguson was brushed by a force that lifted him out of the water while surfing near Wurtulla. When he turned his board over he noticed one fin missing. SUNSHINE Coast surfers have been warned to stay away from creek and river mouths after a lunchtime surf turned into a scene
ISAF 2011 Shark Attack Summary
ISAF 2011 Shark Attack Summary. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shark attacks in the U.S. declined in 2011, but worldwide fatalities reached a two-decade high, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File report released today.
Shark warning website planned in Australia
Published on 25 Jan, 2012 at 12:25 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
By Sharon Kennedy (Cross Media Reporter), 25 January, 2012 An encounter with a shark about eight years has led Jack Carlsen to developing a website that would warn people of shark sightings. Co-Direct of Sustainable Tourism Research and Development at Curtin University, Professor Carlsen is working on an interactive site which would post warning and
Tourism operator mauled by shark in Australia
Published on 19 Jan, 2012 at 4:21 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Man bitten by shark in Coral Bay By Aja Styles, WA today, 19. January 2012 A 26-year-old man has been bitten by a three-metre tiger shark in Western Australia’s north-west. Sergeant Graham Clifford said the man had been snorkelling at The Lagoon, north of Coral Bay, about 2pm when he was bitten to the
Newcastle man attacked by a shark at Redhead Beach, Australia
Published on 18 Jan, 2012 at 19:36 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Newcastle man attacked by a shark at Redhead Beach A MAN is in a serious condition following a vicious shark attack at a popular netted beach in front of stunned swimmers.
Pacific Coast Shark Attacks During 2011
Published on 17 Jan, 2012 at 9:45 in Attacks & Incidents | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release by the Shark Research Committee, Chatsworth, CA — January 16, 2012 There were 8 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America during 2011, which includes 1 special case. There were 5 attacks, including the special case, recorded from California and 3 from Oregon. The attacks were distributed in the