List of all shark attacks in Milne Bay Province
Fatal Attacks
4
Unprovoked Attacks
8
Total Attacks
9
There have been a total of 9 shark attacks in Milne Bay Province. Out of those, 4 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 44.44%. 8 attacks came out of the blue while 1 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tewatewa Island | 20-05-2002 | Collecting beche-de-mer | Wrist lacerated | NO | 14yo Billy Leonard | ||
| D'Entrecasteaux islands, 20 miles off the coast | 31-12-1974 | Questionable | Scuba diving | Said to be fatal and involve a 4.6 m to 6 m [15' to 20'] tiger shark but incident highly questionable | YES | Dan Hogan | |
| Kimuta, Renard Island | Non-fatal, treated at Misima Hospital | NO | Anonymous | ||||
| Samarai Island | 12h00 | Spearfishing | FATAL, left arm, shoulder & chest bitten | YES | 16yo Titus Tiso | ||
| Off Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago | Tiger shark | Went over side of boat at trochus ground | FATAL, arm & leg severed & shark smashed at his body with its tail | YES | Captain of cutter Hetabu | ||
| Samarai Island (south end) | 13h00 | 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark caught 40 hours later with shorts of the boy in its gut | Spearfishing | FATAL, left leg severed at hip, left torso removed | YES | 19yo Patterson (John) Nikuniko | |
| Uga, Banaira, Milne Bay | 1.4 m [4.5'] shark | Dragging banana seeds through the shallows | Left calf & right thigh bitten | NO | male | ||
| 21-08-1960 | Free-diving | Lost left arm | NO | "a native" | |||
| Taupota, Samarai | 26-07-1960 | P.M. | Spearfishing | Arm severed, torso severely lacerated | NO | 25yo John Klaso |
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