Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1980 Onboard swordfish trawler, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1980

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Onboard swordfish trawler, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

🌍 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 34

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arm lacerated by gaffed shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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