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New details are emerging after a 31-year-old boogie boarder was killed in an apparent Great white shark attack in Morro Bay on Friday.

Shark researcher says Great white shark population is increasing off California coast

Shark bites are rare and very few result in death but on Friday, a man who was boogie boarding in the waters off Morro Bay was killed in a shark attack.

The ‘SharkSmart’ approach, adopted by the Queensland government, aims to educate people to take responsibility for reducing shark bite risk by changing their own behaviour. But can humans change?

Jack Shaw and his friend were neck-deep in water when the shark attacked.

San Onofre Beach, where a shark bite left a 35-year-old woman fighting for her life, is one of Southern California’s California’s white shark “hot spots."

Residents, businesses, students living in or around the channel have gagged at the foul odor from the Dominguez Channel, or even worse, experienced headaches, nausea, burning eyes, vomiting and other symptoms. Higher-than-normal levels of hydrogen sulfide gas, the source of the rotten-egg smell, have plagued the area since at least Oct. 3.

Authorities say a surfer was bitten on the leg by a shark off the Northern California coast and airlifted to a hospital.

A man surfing off Salmon Creek Beach just north of Bodega Bay was bitten by a shark early Sunday morning.

Jensen Beach Park will remain closed today after a person was bitten by a shark in the guarded swimming area.