A spearfisherman (name not released) received minor lacerations to his knee after a shark bit him while he was spearfishing off Green Island, New South Wales, Australia. The incident happened on 2 December 2012.
He was taken to Port Macquarie Base Hospital with minor injuries, which did not require stitches.
According to other divers, the victim had a dead fish attached to his weight belt, which attracted the shark.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
News.com.au
Kai Rittgers recovers in hospital following a shark bite on his left foot.
Kai Rittgers, 14, suffered minor lacerations to his left foot after being bitten by a small shark while surfing off Melbourne Beach in Brevard County, Florida, USA. The incident happened 19 November 2012.
“It was like this sharp little pain, then I kind of sat up really quick and saw it was a shark,” Kai was quoted as saying.
He managed to paddle to shore. His dad took him to a doctor who bandaged the wounds. No stitches were needed.
No other details were reported.
Source:
Florida Newsday
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Florida Newsday
Francisco Javier Solario’s board – with the shark bite mark.
Vandenberg Air Force Base security forces block the entrance to Surf Beach at Vandenberg Air Force Base following a fatal shark attack on a surfer at the beach on 23 October 2012.
Francisco Javier Solorio Jr., 39, was killed by a shark while surfing at Surf Beach, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, about 240km north of Los Angeles.
He was bitten on his upper torso.
According to press reports a fellow surfer pulled him to shore and tried to resuscitate him, but when paramedics arrived on the scene they pronounced him dead.
The beach is located near Vandenberg Air Force Base, the site of a fatal shark attack in 2010.
The type of shark involved and other details were not immediately available.
UPDATE:
The shark is believed to be a 15-16 foot great white.
Sources:
CBC News
BBC News
ABC News
Huff Post
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St Leu surf point break on Reunion. A surfer had his hand and foot severed by a shark while surfing here on 5 August 2012.
A 40-year-old surfer referred to only as Fabien by linfo was attacked by a shark while surfing at St Leu point break on the west coast of Reunion island in the Indian Ocean. According to the report the shark severed (sectionnés) his foot and hand. Whether they were completely severed is not clear. The incident happened around 5.15pm local time on Saturday 5 August 2012. It is the first recorded shark attack at St Leu.
He managed to get away from the shark and other surfers nearby helped him to the shore. He was helped by a doctor who was on the beach at the time and then taken to Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Pierre where he had emergency surgery to treat his wounds.
No other details were reported.
This is the second attack in Reunion waters in 2 weeks (the attack on 23 July 2012 at Trois Bassins was fatal) and has sparked a debate on the island about hunting sharks. St Leu is in a marine reserve.
Sources:
Linfo
The Australian
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FlowersWay
Another shark bite at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Wow. Another shark bite at Myrtle Beach. This makes it 6 in the past couple of weeks. On Tuesday 19 June 2012 a 16-year-old boy (name not reported) was bitten on the foot by a small shark while in waist deep water off Myrtle Beach (near 6th Ave.), South Carolina, USA.
Very little is reported on this except that his friend is quoted as saying ‘he was in pain and he couldn’t put any pressure on his foot’.
He was reportedly taken to hospital.
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WNCT
Martin Kane, 62, examines his surf ski that was bitten in half by a 3-metre great white shark, flinging him into the water.
Martin Kane, 62, escaped injury, but was badly shaken when a 3-metre great white shark attacked his surf ski, biting it in half. The incident happened around 7.15am on Wednesday 20 June 2012.
He was paddling with a group of 4 other surf lifesavers about 150 metres off Mullaloo Beach north of Perth, Western Australia.
He was flung into the water but was rescued by a friend who was in the group of paddlers.
He said it felt like being rammed by a jet ski and made a loud exploding noise.
“I seriously thought it was a row of dolphins smashing into the ski.
“What really confused me was the extent of the noise and the crunching sound, it really surprised me, I really didn’t know what it was until I saw the fin and realised it was a shark.
“Because it is a sealed unit, when the shark bit it, it went off like an explosion.
“Soon as I saw his tail and thrashing around with the ski coming right out of the water, I said it’s time to get out of here so in defiance I threw my paddle at him and started to swim away.”
He told reporters he suspected stringers that run down the length of the ski and control the rudders saved his life.
“I suspect that its teeth were caught up in that and it was too bothered trying to get rid of the ski to chase me, so I’m very, very happy that was the case.
“I’m just very lucky to be here, very lucky to be able to see my grandkids again.”
Sources:
ABC News
Sydney Morning Herald
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ABC News
Ocean Isle Beach
UPDATE
The girl’s name is Brooklyn Daniel. She was bitten on the left leg and required 140 stitches. – Can’t have been a small wound! She has been released from hospital and is expected to make a complete recovery.
Source: Mansfield News Journal
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A six-year-old girl (not named) was bitten on the leg by a shark while swimming off Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, USA. She suffered only minor puncture wounds to her leg. The girl was reportedly in shallow water when it happened.
Apparently the girl’s mother reported seeing a shark following a school of fish in the area.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
WWAYTV3
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MyFox8
A 23-year-old fisherman (not named) was bitten on the calf after hooking a nurse shark in the Florida Keys, USA. He got into the water to release it and it bit him on the calf. The incident happened on June 15, 2012.
The brief report says Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a house in Summerland Key. The report adds he was transported to Lower Keys Hospital with only superficial injuries.
No other details were reported.
Source:
Huffington Post
The wound of one of the 4 shark bite victims at Myrtle Beach
On 14 June 2012 four swimmers reported being bitten by shark in separate incidents at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA. The bites were reported over a 10-minute span between 72nd Avenue north and 82nd Avenue North. However, at the time of this blog it was still not confirmed if they were in fact shark bites. Photos of teh bites have been sent to experts at the Shark Attack File in Florida for confirmation. However, one of the victims 16-year-old Jordon Garofalo said his doctor was pretty sure it was a shark because of the bite marks.
A lifeguard on duty at the beach is quoted as saying: “Nobody saw them. Even the guys that got bit didn’t see it. They’re definitely shark bites. One guy’s foot was opened up. The other had a full mouth print around his leg.” He didn’t see the other injuries.
Three people were taken by Emergency Medical Services to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center and the fourth drove himself.
A shark expert Dan Abel told media it was not likely the same shark was responsible for the 4 bites and reckoned it was probably black tip sharks. He said a black tip shark could have a bite between three and six inches in diameter.
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Ryan Orellana-Maczynski’s shark bite wound. The photo was taken shortly after the incident off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States,
Ryan Orellana-Maczynski, 25, was bitten on the left foot by a small shark while body boarding near 2nd Avenue Pier, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States.
The incident happened about 7.45pm on Saturday 2 June 2012.
“I was sitting on the waves so my feet were dangling and I felt something tug my foot. It was not forceful by any means, but I just felt something there,” he said.
He told media he fought the shark for about 30 seconds and jabbed it in the eyes which made it release its grip.
Some others on the beach helped him from the water. The bite severed an artery, according to Orellana-Maczynski, and the wound was bleeding a lot.
Orellana-Maczynski had surgery on his foot and was expected to make a full recovery.
It wasn’t reported where he was taken to hospital or what type of shark it was.
Sources:
Daily Mail
WBTV
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