Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1974 Junpinpin, off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1974

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Junpinpin, off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 30

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Missing, believed taken by a shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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