Incident Report

California, United States

Sunday, June 10, 2001

Non-fatalSpearfishingBump-and-Bite

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Bump-and-Bite

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury. Shark made threat display, then diver shot the shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waning Gibbous

Season

Spring (Northern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Saturday

Individual

Name

Bill McNair

Age

Sex

Activity

Spearfishing

Location

Address

Catalina Island, California, United States

Body of Water

Pacific Ocean

Location Type

Reef

Coordinates

33.3850, -118.3250

California, United States

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