Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2019 30 nm off Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ 16h00

📍 Location

30 nm off Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 46

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lacerations to arm from shark caught in trawl net PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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