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This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [ 1 ] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
In June 2016 a drum line was set off Falcon Beach in Mandurah following a fatal shark attack on a local surfer. A 4.2-metre (13 ft 9 in) great white was killed and disposed of at sea. A few days later a 60-year-old female diver was killed by a shark in Mindarie, north of Perth, and drum lines were set in that area. [citation needed]
Great white shark. Between 1791 and April 2018 it was reported that there have been 1068 shark attacks in Australia with 237 of them being fatal.. Four species of sharks account for the vast majority of fatal attacks on humans: the bull shark, tiger shark, oceanic whitetip shark and the great white shark.
Australia has seen 3 shark attacks in last few months, reports say. A shark swims through the water off Jupiter Inlet, Florida, on May 18, 2022.
2024 was an "exceptionally quiet year" for shark bites around the world, with far fewer than usual, according to a new report released Tuesday by the International Shark Attack File. Worldwide ...
The number of shark attacks worldwide increased in 2023, and so did fatalities related to shark attacks. Shark attacks are on the rise worldwide, scientists researching why [Video] Skip to main ...
The Australian Shark Attack File [126] has recorded that since 1791 there have been 639 shark attacks in Australia with 190 of them being fatal. [127] Since shark netting began in 1937, the number of deaths from sharks on beaches has been reduced in New South Wales, with only one fatal attack on a netted beach during that time.
There have been more than 1,200 shark attacks in Australia since 1791, of which more than 250 were fatal, according to a national database. Most serious bites are from white sharks, bull sharks ...