Shark attacks in Eastern USA and Southern Australia have doubled in the last 20 years but the risk remains relatively low, a new study has found
The rate of shark bites in Eastern USA and Southern Australia has been increasing in recent years, but the risk remains extremely low - roughly five-in-one million - according to new research.that looked at 55 years of global data showed shark bites around the world are highly variable from year to year, but in some locations, the rates have increased in recent decades, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported on Friday.
Juliun Perkins was bitten by a shark on Sept. 8, 2018, while surfing outside of Pounders in Laie, Hawaii."In highly populated regions-like the Eastern USA and Southern Australia-shark attack rates have doubled in the last 20 years, and while the rates remain relatively low, they should continue to be monitored," the report said.
Steve Midway, assistant professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University and co-author of the paper, said Hawaii's bite rate was the highest of the seven global regions studied. "It's not a new message in terms of the big picture: The risk is low and that's been known," he said."What we did that was new and a little bit different was look at the place and time globally over more than 50 years," providing a historical context that might contribute to a better understanding of the risk.
Midway, who specialises in fish ecology, said he was intrigued by a spate of seven shark bites off North Carolina in the summer of 2015 and contacted George Burgess at the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida in Gainesville, a recognised clearing house for shark bite reports worldwide.
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