BREAKING: A shark attack is being investigated at a popular tourist spot, with a warning issued for anyone in the area.
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development says it is investigating an incident at Coral Bay in the Shire of Carnarvon. “DPIRD received a report of a possible shark bite incident at 11.
14am on Friday,” the department said in a statement. “DPIRD is working with local authorities and further information will be provided as it becomes available.”Fisheries advise 2.0m whaler shark sighted 11:20hrs 11/06, Five Finger Reef, Coral Bay 75m offshore , DPIRD investigating possible shark bite incident .People have been warned to take additional caution in the Coral Bay area. “Adhere to beach closures advised by local government rangers, Parks and Wildlife Service officers or Surf Life Saving WA,” the department said. The most recent shark attack in Western Australia happened near Broome, also in the state’s north, last month.Brett Highlands, 48, was attacked off Quandong Beach by a suspected three-metre tiger shark.“It was the chomping effect that I really felt,” he told 7 News.Mark Sanguinetti, 59, was surfing when he was killed by a 4.5m white shark at Tuncurry Beach, near Forster on the NSW mid-north coast, last month. He saw the shark and tried to warn others before the animal turned on him, biting him on the upper right thigh.
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