Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Fishing Attack

2008 50 miles off Kaohsiung, TAIWAN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2008

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

50 miles off Kaohsiung, TAIWAN

🌍 TAIWAN

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 45

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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