Incident Report

Mermaid Beach, Queensland, Australia

Thursday, November 14, 1963

Non-fatalWorking with SharkBump-and-Bite

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Bump-and-Bite

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury to occupant, netted shark rammed & bit boat PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waning Crescent

Season

Spring (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Thursday

Individual

Name

boat Nora, occupant Bruce Harris

Sex

Activity

Working with Shark

Location

Address

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Body of Water

Coral Sea

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-28.0450, 153.4380

Mermaid Beach, Queensland, Australia

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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Mermaid Beach, Queensland, Australia

Incident Profile

Circumstances

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