Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1960 On board East German fishing trawler, I Mai, Unknown, treated at Wick, SCOTLAND, NORTH SEA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1960

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

On board East German fishing trawler, I Mai, Unknown, treated at Wick, SCOTLAND, NORTH SEA

🌍 NORTH SEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right arm bitten by shark taken onboard in net PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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