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This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida. John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion. George Spencer.
The 2016 yearly total of 81 shark attacks worldwide was on par with the most recent five-year (2011–2015) average of 82 incidents annually. [18] By contrast, the 98 shark attacks in 2015 was the highest yearly total on record. [18]
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia. List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion. List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters. List of fatal shark attacks in the United States.
With fatalities spiking in 2023, several deadly shark attacks also made headlines. In December 2023, a shark killed 44-year-old Lauren Erickson Van Wart of Boston, Massachusetts while she was ...
The 10 unprovoked deaths were five more than last year. The United States had 36 unprovoked attacks, accounting for 52% of incidents worldwide. That number was slightly less than last year's 41 bites.
The University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File finds that there were a total of 57 shark bites in 2022, marking a 10-year low Mapped: World’s shark attack hotspots revealed Skip ...
The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one critically injured. The incidents occurred during a deadly summer heat wave and polio epidemic in the United States that drove thousands of people to the ...
For non-fatal attacks and general information, see Shark attacks in Australia. 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.