[color="blue"]Hi guys,
The following information about shark attacks might be interesting for some of you (and might decide others to move interstate!)
I obtained this information from the latest newsletter of the Marine and Coastal Community Network - Website: [url="http://www.mccn.org.au"]http://www.mccn.org.au[/url] -[/color]
The Australian Shark Attack File (ASAF) database on shark attacks was developed as a research project in 1984 to ascertain the number of shark attack fatalities in Australian waters. The file is associated with the International Shark Attack File which is coordinated by the American Elasmobranch Society.The ASAF is aimed at understanding and documenting the behaviours of sharks where close contact with humans occurs. As part of a worldwide study into shark behaviour, data from the ASAF may eventually help identify the existence, or absence, of common factors relating to the causes of attacks on humans....
...It is known from analysis of the ASAF data that the majority of shark attacks that were fatal or that severely injured humans came from three main groups of sharks: the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and the family of Whalers (genus Carcharhinidae which contain the Bull Shark C. leucas). Other large sharks can also be considered potentially dangerous, mostly because of their size. They include Wobbegong (Orectolobus sp.), Hammerhead (Sphyrna sp.), Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), Mako (Isurus sp.), and Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus)...
...In the last 50 years, there have been 59 recorded fatalities due to shark attacks, with an average of 1.18 per year (Qld = 21, SA = 15, NSW = 9, Tas = 4, Vic = 3, WA = 7, NT = 0)...
...The ASAF is held at Taronga Zoo and information on shark attacks can be accessed at [url="http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au"]http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au[/url] on the Zooââ¬â¢s web page (under Wild World & Conservation).
The following information about shark attacks might be interesting for some of you (and might decide others to move interstate!)
I obtained this information from the latest newsletter of the Marine and Coastal Community Network - Website: [url="http://www.mccn.org.au"]http://www.mccn.org.au[/url] -[/color]
The Australian Shark Attack File (ASAF) database on shark attacks was developed as a research project in 1984 to ascertain the number of shark attack fatalities in Australian waters. The file is associated with the International Shark Attack File which is coordinated by the American Elasmobranch Society.The ASAF is aimed at understanding and documenting the behaviours of sharks where close contact with humans occurs. As part of a worldwide study into shark behaviour, data from the ASAF may eventually help identify the existence, or absence, of common factors relating to the causes of attacks on humans....
...It is known from analysis of the ASAF data that the majority of shark attacks that were fatal or that severely injured humans came from three main groups of sharks: the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and the family of Whalers (genus Carcharhinidae which contain the Bull Shark C. leucas). Other large sharks can also be considered potentially dangerous, mostly because of their size. They include Wobbegong (Orectolobus sp.), Hammerhead (Sphyrna sp.), Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), Mako (Isurus sp.), and Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus)...
...In the last 50 years, there have been 59 recorded fatalities due to shark attacks, with an average of 1.18 per year (Qld = 21, SA = 15, NSW = 9, Tas = 4, Vic = 3, WA = 7, NT = 0)...
...The ASAF is held at Taronga Zoo and information on shark attacks can be accessed at [url="http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au"]http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au[/url] on the Zooââ¬â¢s web page (under Wild World & Conservation).
