Western Australia's fishing authority has urged water users to report shark incidents after it took nearly 24 hours for warning of a south coast attack to be issued.
A significant time lapse between a teen being mauled by a shark and an alert being issued to the public has prompted a plea for attacks to be quickly reported to police.The plea comes after a delay in notifying the public about a shark attack in Albanyspearfishing at Mistaken Island near Albany on Monday when what he believed was a 5-metre great white shark bit his leg.
However, it took until midday on Tuesday for an official alert about the attack to be publicly broadcast.
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