particularly on surfers,” Bond University Associate Professor and shark researcher Dr Daryl McPhee told NewsWire. While the long-term increase in shark attacks has been easy to track ...

"On a decade-by-decade basis, we are seeing more shark bites — particularly on surfers — in Australia, and that is consistent with a global trend," Dr McPhee said, noting attack numbers in ...

particularly on surfers,” Bond University Associate Professor and shark researcher Dr Daryl McPhee told NewsWire. While the ...

Even so, data from the Taronga Conservation Society reveals the average of deaths caused by shark attacks is around two people per year. But are sharks now more likely to bite humans? Dr McPhee ...

Shark expert Daryl McPhee said it was not unusual to see small species, such as whaler sharks, in the summer months. "It's a seasonal thing; we expect to see them," Dr McPhee, an associate ...

Daryl McPhee. There were 25 unprovoked shark bites around the world in 1982 but it increased to 90 in 2013 and there have been 74 this year so far. According to Dr McPhee this was due to more ...

"There's a whole range of things that are statistically more likely to cause you much more misery than shark attacks, such as domestic violence and bowel cancer,” Dr McPhee said. "But we ...

In a study looking at the growing incidence of shark bites worldwide, Bond University academic Dr Daryl McPhee said programs such as the $16 million NSW Government Shark Management Strategy were a ...