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Sharks killed more people in 2020, but attacks remain rare

Sharks killed more people in 2020, but attacks remain rare By Adriana Brasileiro, The Miami Herald Published: February 2, 2021, 6:00am Share: MIAMI Shark attacks worldwide dropped to “extremely low” numbers in 2020 but fatal bites spiked to more than twice the recent five-year average in what researchers are calling an anomaly. Deaths from unprovoked shark attacks jumped to 10 compared with an average of four in the 2015-2019 period, according to the annual survey in the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. Six of the fatal bites occurred in Australia, three in the U.S., including a rare occurrence in Maine, and one in the waters of St. Martin in the Caribbean.

Will sharks survive? Scientists fear for ocean s apex predators without more protection | Sharks

Last modified on Sun 31 Jan 2021 01.11 EST About four years ago, Colin Simpfendorfer was diving on reefs in Indonesia’s picture-perfect Raja Ampat region when he noticed the distinct absence of something. “It’s a beautiful place to dive. We would have expected to see grey reef sharks and white tips,” says the veteran scientist. “But you don’t see sharks for days on end.” Simpfendorfer, an adjunct professor at Queensland’s James Cook University and a global authority on sharks and rays, has been researching the marine animals since the mid-1980s. Last week, a global team of shark researchers, including Simpfendorfer, found sharks and rays that live in the open ocean have been dwindling at an alarming rate.

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