Two fishermen hoping for a small catch have instead ended up with an extraordinary encounter when a great white shark circled their kayaks. When a shark attack does occur a range of authorities are involved to make the beach safer for humans. To improve your experience. Queensland will try to work out how best to prevent Whitsundays swimmers being mauled by sharks at a special meeting with experts. Sharks news headlines - 9News. Watch the brand new event series The Good Lord Bird now on Stan. One great white shark is being caught every two days near popular New South Wales beaches as a trial of smart drum lines is being conducted. Most of us do it, and why wouldn't we? "If there's information available to you and it's very vivid, both things tend to distort your perception of the risk. Seven Mile Beach has been closed after the man was airlifted to hospital with puncture wounds to his hand and leg. With four serious shark attacks on Australia’s east coast in two months, beachgoers have been left wondering what they can do to avoid dying. After two attacks on people last week, six sharks have been killed in Queensland's Cid Harbour. Therefore the 'I know that's the case' just gets swamped and eliminated. A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark.Every year, around 80 unprovoked attacks are reported worldwide. He was surfing at South Point when he was bitten and was washed onto rocks, unconscious and bleeding from a large wound to his leg. "Getting people out of the water is the safest thing to do. "We get influenced wrongly by sources of information which lead us to make very inaccurate perceptions of risk.". Your web browser is no longer supported. “We found out there was a fatal shark attack on the south side of the rock wall. The Federal Government is calling for shark nets and drumlines off the West Australian coast, after it was revealed that there are twice as many great whites that of the eastern states. "People will often say to me, 'I know that's the case, but...' It's as if there's almost a debate going on in their head. Deadly 'shark attack' at Massachusetts beach . 'Man saves woman from shark attack' (BBC), 'Mystery hero rescues woman from vicious shark attack in Australia' (New York Daily News), 'Australian swimmer saves woman by pulling shark's tail' (UK Telegraph). Beaches are closed, sometimes kilometres away from the scene of the attack, and patrols by land and air are stepped up in the hope of finding the shark. Waters off Australia’s east coast are home to about 5500 great white sharks, government researchers say. With statistics like that, people are more likely to die another way. As a precaution, Miami Beach Fire Rescue took the victim to Ryder Trauma Center, where he’s in stable condition. Each summer there is at least one shark attack in Australia which grabs international headlines. Although there is no confirmation yet on what shark species is responsible for the attacks happening throughout Australia. Media caption Queensland Ambulance Service said the shark attacked one man, then a second victim The Whitsunday Islands - near the Great Barrier Reef - have seen other shark … That, in part, is what leads people to overestimate the risk.". They all died in the same week, When the ABC met Michael and William Null it wasn't clear if they were for real or just playing dress-ups. ', 'Surf Life Saving WA says the shark patrol helicopter will be in the air this morning.' Sharks news headlines - 9News. There's a rational part of them that says, 'I know that's the case', but there's another voice that's influenced by the very vivid depictions that says, 'but what if it did, and it might, and it could'. Water police, Surf Life Saving WA, the Department of Fisheries and the Department of Environment and Conservation rally teams to generate public awareness, look for the shark, encourage it out to sea and advise people when it's safe to go back into the water. Massachusetts shark attack victim 'died doing what he loved' 17 September 2018. A dozen sharks were spotted circling and feeding off the coast of North Stradbroke Island yesterday morning by a local resident.