Incident Report

Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Non-fatalSpearfishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury, shark bit his speargun after he used it to prod the shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Solo

Time in Water

Extended

Environmental

Moon Phase

Last Quarter

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Saturday

Individual

Name

Aaron Muilwyk

Sex

Activity

Spearfishing

Location

Address

Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Body of Water

Tasman Sea

Location Type

Reef

Coordinates

-46.4833, 168.3333

Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

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Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

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