ISAF Statistics for the World Locations
with the Highest Shark Attack Activity (2001-2012)

WORLD (N=812)					FLORIDA (N=271)
YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal		YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal
2001	76	4	72		2001	34	1	33
2002	66	3	63		2002	29	0	29
2003	56	4	52		2003	29	0	29
2004	66	7	59		2004	12	0	12
2005	58	4	54		2005	17	1	16
2006	59	4	55		2006	21	0	21
2007	71	1	70		2007	31	0	31
2008	53	4	49		2008	28	0	28
2009	67	7	58		2009	19	0	19
2010	82	6	76		2010	14	1	13
2011	78	13	63		2011	11	0	11
2012	80	7	73		2012	26	0	26
AUSTRALIA (N=141)					SOUTH AFRICA (N=47)
YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal		YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal
2001	9	0	9		2001	4	0	4
2002	9	2	7		2002	3	0	3
2003	8	1	7		2003	2	1	1
2004	13	2	11		2004	5	1	4
2005	10	2	8		2005	4	0	4
2006	7	1	6		2006	4	0	4
2007	13	0	13		2007	2	0	2
2008	9	1	8		2008	0	0	0
2009	22	0	22		2009	6	4	2
2010	14	1	13		2010	8	2	6
2011	13	4	9		2011	5	2	3
2012	14	2	12		2012	4	3	1
Australian 2012 Shark Attack Summary
HAWAII (N=52)					CALIFORNIA (N=38)
YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal		YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal
2001	3	0	3		2001	1	0	1
2002	6	0	6		2002	4	0	4
2003	5	0	5		2003	1	1	0
2004	3	1	2		2004	6	1	5
2005	4	0	4		2005	3	0	3
2006	3	0	3		2006	1	0	1
2007	7	0	7		2007	4	0	4
2008	1	0	1		2008	2	1	1
2009	3	0	3		2009	4	0	4
2010	4	0	4		2010	4	1	3
2011	3	0	3		2011	3	0	3
2012	10	0	10		2012	5	1	4
SOUTH CAROLINA (N=37)					NORTH CAROLINA (N=29)
YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal		YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal
2001	5	0	5		2001	3	1	2
2002	2	0	2		2002	3	0	3
2003	2	0	2		2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1		2004	2	0	2
2005	5	0	5		2005	2	0	2
2006	4	0	4		2006	1	0	1
2007	5	0	5		2007	2	0	2
2008	2	0	2		2008	3	0	3
2009	0	0	0		2009	1	0	1
2010	4	0	4		2010	5	0	5
2011	2	0	2		2011	4	0	4
2012	5	0	5		2012	2	0	2
BRAZIL (N=27)					BAHAMAS (N=9)
YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal		YEAR	Total Attacks	Fatal	Non-fatal
2001	4	0	4		2001	2	0	2
2002	5	1	4		2002	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2		2003	0	0	0
2004	5	1	4		2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1		2005	1	0	1
2006	3	1	2	2006	2	0	2
2007	0	0	0	2007	0	0	0
2008	3	0	2	2008	0	0	0
2009	0	1	0	2009	0	0	0
2010	1	0	1	2010	2	0	2
2011	2	0	2	2011	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	2012	0	0	0

Last Updated February 11, 2013

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/statsw.htm

ISAF Statistics on Attacking Species of Shark

Species of shark implicated in confirmed unprovoked attacks around the world, 1580 - 2012

USE THIS TABLE WITH CAUTION! Positive identification of attacking sharks is very difficult since victims rarely make adequate observations of the attacker during the "heat" of the interaction. Tooth remains are seldom found in wounds and diagnostic characters for many requiem sharks (family Carcharhinidae) are difficult to discern even by trained professionals. That said, this list must be used with caution because attacks involving easily identified species, such as white, tiger, sandtiger, hammerhead and nurse sharks, nearly always identify the attacking species, while cases involving difficult to identify species, such as requiem sharks of the genus Carcharhinus, seldom correctly identify the attacker. Thus the list is skewed to readily identified species. A number of requiem sharks in the genus Carcharhinus likely are involved in many more attacks than they are credited in this list and, if the list could reflect that reality, Carcharhinus bites would push such species as the sandtiger, hammerhead and nurse sharks towards the bottom of the list. Nonetheless, the white, tiger and bull sharks are the "Big Three" in the shark attack world because they are large species that are capable of inflicting serious injuries to a victim, are commonly found in areas where humans enter the water, and have teeth designed to shear rather than hold. Realistically, almost any shark in the right size range, roughly six feet (1.8 meters) or greater, is a potential threat to humans because, even if a bite is not intended as a directed feeding attempt on a human, the power of the jaw and tooth morphology can lead to injury. --- George H. Burgess, ISAF

Species	Common Name	Non-fatal Unprovoked	Fatal Unprovoked	Total
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos,	grey reef	7	0	7
Carcharhinus brachyurus,	bronze whaler	18	1	19
Carcharhinus brevipinna,	spinner	16	0	16
Carcharhinus falciformis,	silky	3	0	3
Carcharhinus galapagensis,	Galapagos	0	1	1
Carcharhinus leucas,	bull	66	26	92
Carcharhinus limbatus,	blacktip	28	0	28
Carcharhinus longimanus,	oceanic whitetip	7	3	10
Carcharhinus melanopterus,	blacktip reef	11	0	11
Carcharhinus obscurus,	dusky	1	1	2
Carcharhinus perezi,	Caribbean reef	4	0	4
Carcharhinus plumbeus,	sandbar	5	0	5
Carcharhinus spp.,	requiem	23	7	30
Carcharias taurus,	sand tiger	29	1	30
Carcharias spp.,	lamniform	0	1	1
Carcharodon carcharias,	white	198	74	272
Galeocerdo cuvier,	tiger	71	29	100
Galeorhinus galeus	tope	1	0	1
Ginglymostoma cirratum,	nurse	10	0	10
Heterodontis portusjacksoni,	port jackson	1	0	1
Isistius brasiliensis,	cookiecutter	1	0	1
Isurus oxyrinchus,	shortfin mako	11	1	12
Isurus spp.,	mako	4	0	4
Lamna nasus,	porbeagle	2	0	2
Negaprion brevirostris,	lemon	10	0	10
Notorhynchus cepedianus,	sevengill	5	0	5
Odontaspis spp.,	sand	9	0	9
Orectolobus macalatus,	spotted wobbegong	4	0	4
Orectolobus spp.,	wobbegong	11	0	11
Prionace glauca	blue	9	4	13
Rhinobatos spp.,	guitarfish	1	0	1
Sphyrna spp.,	hammerhead	17	0	17
Triaenodon obesus,	whitetip reef	5	0	5
Triakis semifasciata,	leopard	1	0	1
Trygonorrhina fasciata	southern fiddler	1	0	1
TOTALS	35+ species	590	149	739

Last updated: February 19, 2013

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