Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1972 Stevens Reef, 70 miles from Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1972

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Stevens Reef, 70 miles from Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right arm bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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