Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1987 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1987

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 34

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

3 fingers severed by metal trace as he tried to haul in a hooked shark. PROVOKED ACCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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