A man was bitten by a shark and died while fishing with his family.
Emergency services were called to reports of a man being attacked on Humpy Island in the Keppel Bay Islands National Park, about 18 kilometers off the central Queensland coast, on Saturday.
A Queensland Police spokesperson said the 40-year-old man was bitten by a shark while fishing with his family off the coast of the Keppel Islands at around 4.30pm. said.
Despite efforts by paramedics to save his life, the man succumbed to his injuries just before 6 p.m.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
Experts say encounters between sharks and humans could become increasingly common as climate change causes water temperatures to rise.
The report says there will be at least four other shark-related incidents in Australian waters in 2024. Australian shark incident database.
In early December, a man in his 60s was bitten by a shark while spearfishing off Curtis Island, Queensland. He was treated for lacerations on both arms.
In March, a teenage girl was treated for minor injuries in a shark attack at Bargara Beach near Bundaberg.
In October, a woman suffered severe leg injuries after being bitten by a shark while snorkeling off the coast of Mackay, and in January, another woman in her late 20s had her right leg injured by what appeared to be a bull shark in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney Harbour. I was bitten.
