Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack

2018 County Cork, IRELAND

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

County Cork, IRELAND

🌍 IRELAND

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 40

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Forearm bitten by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Blue Shark

This species has been involved in 58 documented attacks in our database.

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