Shark Attack Database

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Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1990 Protea Reef, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1990

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Protea Reef, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupants, hooked shark freed itself, then rammed stern of boat PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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