List of all shark attacks in Admiralty Islands, Manus Province
Fatal Attacks
3
Unprovoked Attacks
7
Total Attacks
8
There have been a total of 8 shark attacks in Admiralty Islands, Manus Province. Out of those, 3 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 37.50%. 7 attacks came out of the blue while 1 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
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Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Island, south of Manus Island | Midday. | Spearfishing | Right forearm severely lacerated, left arm & hand lacerated | NO | Sindlin | ||
| Momote, Manus Island | "Attacked by a number of sharks" | Spearfishing | FATAL, "No remains" | YES | male | ||
| Low Island, Manus | Spearfishing | Right arm severely bitten | NO | male | |||
| Hus Island | Right calf bitten | NO | male | ||||
| Manus Island | Spearfishing | Arm bitten, surgically amputated | NO | male | |||
| Manus Island | 13-07-1966 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | 25yo Sasa | ||
| Rossun, Manus | 31-05-1961 | 2.7 m [9']shark | Fishing, speared shark upset canoe & man fell in water | Left thigh severely bitten, but he regained the canoe, then shark bit canoe PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 19yo Marik-Pokas | |
| M'Buke, south of Manus Island | 06-11-1958 | Spearfishing | FATAL, left arm & leg severed | YES | native boy |
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