Incident Report

Island, County Galway, Ireland

Monday, March 5, 2007

Non-fatalSpearfishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Leg

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Leg bitten by shark after he shot at it & missed PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Time in Water

Extended

Environmental

Moon Phase

Full Moon

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Monday

Individual

Name

Turua William Maretapu

Age

Sex

Activity

Spearfishing

Location

Address

Island, County Galway, Ireland

Body of Water

Pacific Ocean

Location Type

Reef

Coordinates

-9.3167, -158.0167

Island, County Galway, Ireland

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

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