Fatal Attacks
0
Unprovoked Attacks
2
Total Attacks
2
There have been a total of 2 shark attacks in Paget. Out of those, none have thankfully been fatal. 2 attacks came out of the blue while 0 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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Elbow Beach / Coral Beach | 23-05-1960 | 15h00 | Dusky shark, 2.7 m [9'] dusky shark C. obscurus identified by S. Springer on tooth recovered | Free diving but treading water at surface | Foot bitten | NO | 25yo Louis Goiran |
Paget Parish | 23-04-1959 | Spearfishing | Shoulder abraded by skin of shark | NO | Ross Doe |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?