Date12-Feb-1988
TypeWatercraft
CountryAUSTRALIA
Location18 km west of Bunbury
ActivityDrift fishing
SpeciesMako shark, 3 m [10'], 200-kg [441-lb]
InjuryNo injury to occupants; shark leapt into boat, almost capsizing it and destroyed the inside of the boat
Victim5.5 m fibreglass boat, occupants: Steven Piggott and Kelvin & Brendan Martin, N/A
SourceSunday Mail (QLD), 2/14/1988, p.2; A. Sharpe, p.135
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