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91 bites, 14 deaths in 2023. The Florida Museum of Natural History, which logs all the shark attacks worldwide in its Global Shark Attack File, investigated 120 interactions between sharks and ...
This death was officially classified as a drowning by the Broward County, Florida, medical examiner's office; however, it is listed as a fatal shark attack by the International Shark Attack File. Reichardt drowned while diving on the wreck of the Ronald B. Johnson in 270 feet (82 m) of water 2 miles (3.2 km) off Pompano Beach, Florida , while ...
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia; List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion; List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters; List of fatal shark attacks in the United States
This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [ 1 ] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.
On July 8, a 14-year-old boy was training to be a lifeguard at Ponce Inlet and dove onto a shark, causing it to bite his right calf. On July 4, a 21-year-old Ohio man was bitten on his right foot ...
The International Shark Attack File documents and investigates all bites on humans, primarily focusing their report on unprovoked attacks.
Since 2000, there have been 17 fatal shark attacks along the West Australian coast, [25] with divers now facing odds of one in 16,000 for a fatal shark bite. [24] [26] Other shark attack hotspots include Réunion Island, [27] Boa Viagem in Brazil, Makena Beach in Maui, Hawaii, and Second Beach, Port St. Johns, South Africa. [28]
New Smyrna Beach is in Volusia County, which had the most shark bites in Florida with eight, representing 50 per cent of the state’s total, making it 2023’s shark attack capital of the world ...