Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1964 Near Rabaul, New Britain, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Near Rabaul, New Britain, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🌍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupant, shark lifted canoe's outrigger

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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