Date01-Jun-1961
TypeProvoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationRossun, Manus
ActivityFishing, speared shark upset canoe & man fell in water
Species2.7 m [9']shark
InjuryLeft thigh severely bitten, but he regained the canoe, then shark bit canoe PROVOKED INCIDENT
VictimMarik-Pokas, Male, 19 years old
SourceJ. McDonough; A. M. Rapson, p.147; Papua and New Guinea Agricultural Journal;
Shark Data Lab