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The latest annual summary of worldwide shark bites went out this week. #Florida had the most shark bites in the country. Suncoast fishermen say this isn’t surprising.
Australia deadliest country in world for shark attacks in 2020
With eight fatalities last year, Australia was the deadliest location for shark attacks in the world.
In 2020, shark attacks decreased for the third consecutive year, falling to 57 unprovoked bites worldwide, compared with 64 bites in 2019 and 66 in 2018, according to the annual summary issued by the University of Florida s International Shark Attack File (ISAF).
But 2020 proved to be the deadliest year since 2013, with 12 bites resulting in fatalities, up from the average of four per year.
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Three people were killed in Western Australia, and two each in New South Wales and Queensland.
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Below the Surface is a Stuff series about five shark attacks that occurred in the 1960s and early 70s off the coast of Dunedin. But it’s what happened after that had a lasting impact on Jordan’s life. Following Les’ death, a letter arrived in the post from a family in Moeraki, Otago stating they had also lost someone to a shark attack more than half a century earlier. He never forgot it. “I remember that [letter], so that’s why I’m thinking I might be able to write to these people,” Jordan said.
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