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According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF), between 1958 and 2016 there were 2,785 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks around the world, of which 439 were fatal. [17] Between 2001 and 2010, an average of 4.3 people per year died from shark attacks. [3] In 2000, there were 79 shark attacks reported worldwide, 11 of them fatal. [18]
[10] [11] Sharks are often killed for shark fin soup, which some Asian countries regard as a status symbol. [12] Fishermen capture live sharks, fin them, and dump the finless animal back into the water to die from suffocation or predators. [11] [13] Sharks are also killed for their flesh in Europe and elsewhere. [14]
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
These are the world’s shark hotspots. ... out of a global population of 8 billion, five of which were fatal. However, some places around the world have much higher rates of shark attacks than ...
Analysts at Simmrin Law compiled a list of the most dangerous beaches in the US by studying hurricane landfalls, shark attacks, and surf related fatalities like rip currents, have. According to ...
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Although there were 41 unprovoked shark bites in the USA in 2022, the database shows only one resulted in death, while of the nine people who were bitten in Australia, all survived.
In 2008, it was estimated that nearly 100 million sharks were being killed by people every year, due to commercial and recreational fishing. [128] [129] In 2021, it was estimated that the population of oceanic sharks and rays had dropped by 71% over the previous half-century. [7]