Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2016 Queenscliff, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2016

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Queenscliff, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 73

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Laceration to right hand by hooked & gaffed shark. PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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