List of all shark attacks in Bimini Islands
Fatal Attacks
0
Unprovoked Attacks
1
Total Attacks
6
There have been a total of 6 shark attacks in Bimini Islands. Out of those, none have thankfully been fatal. 1 attacks came out of the blue while 5 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-04-2007 | Lemon shark, >1 m | Shark tagging | Lacerations to right upper arm by captive shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 20yo Sabrina Garcia | ||
| Lerner Marine Laboratory | Lemon shark, 4' | Spearing a shark | Shark that he speared bit his calf PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 41yo Francisco Edmund Blanc, a scientist from National Museum in Paris | ||
| Tongue of the Ocean | 31-08-1966 | Invalid | Diving / UW photography | 2.4 to 3 m [8' to 10'] oceanic whitetip shark buzzed him. No attack, no injury | NO | Jerry Greenberg | |
| 26-08-1966 | 17h00 | Snorkeling | Survived, no details | NO | 18yo Patricia Hodge | ||
| Lerner Marine Lab | 29-07-1964 | Lemon shark, 0.5 m | Attempting to anesthetize shark | Chest bitten PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Karl Kuchnow | |
| Off Gun Cay | 20-05-1895 | Sea Disaster : Wreck of the Carrie E. Long | Heel bitten | NO | Tip Stanley |
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