Shark Attacks in Australia | Sea Life, Islands and Oceania . . . [Source: Global Shark Attack File (GSAF), compiled by the Shark Research Institute, sharkattackdata com, 2016] Unprovoked attacks in Australia (attacks on people spearfishing are considered provoked) YEAR — TOTAL BITES — FATAL — NON-FATAL 2012 — 14 — 2 — 12 2013 — 10 — 2 — 8 2014 — 11 — 2 — 9 2015 — 18 — 1 — 17
Reported Shark Attacks Decline Worldwide in 2018 - Scuba Diving Another 34 attacks were confirmed as provoked by humans in 2018 What hasn’t bucked recent trends is where the incidents are happening The United States once again saw the most unprovoked attacks last year (32), followed again by Australia (20) Half of U S attacks occurred in Florida The International Shark Attack File defines provoked
Shark Research Committee - Home During the first half of the Twentieth Century only one authenticated unprovoked shark attack was reported from the Pacific Coast, with the remaining 107 cases occurring during the last half of this 100-year period
Shark Attack Data: South Africa An overview of the shark attacks that have occurred in South Africa Provides statistical information including a timeline of unprovoked attacks as well as a graph of
Fatal shark attacks: How rare they are and how to stay safe Before Thursday, the last unprovoked fatal shark attack to occur in the United States was in August 2013, when a 20-year-old German woman died after a shark bit off her arm as she was snorkeling