A 62-YEAR-OLD fisherman from the Western Cape is recovering in hospital after he was attacked by a shark on Friday, 5 January.
According to Craig Lambinon of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), the fisherman and his friend had captured the ragged tooth shark with his fishing gear and decided to release it back into the water.
The NSRI team received the message about the attack at 12.28pm and rushed to the scene.
Speaking about the incident, Lambinon said the madala had caught the shark with his fishing gear, and he was releasing it when it attacked him.
“The man from Plettenberg Bay and his friend had been shoreline angling, in preparation for an angling competition, when he landed a shark, then, while attempting to free the shark to be released, from the fishing gear, he had been bitten by the shark,” said Lambinon.
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NSRI spokesman said that on the arrival of his team and other medical emergency teams, the fisherman's friend had already applied bandages to injuries, lacerations and puncture wounds to the man's hand and his calf. Lambinon said the man was transported to hospital.
“An additional tourniquet and pressure bandages were applied by NSRI medics. The man was transported to hospital by a Gardmed ambulance in a stable condition where ongoing medical treatment continues and he is expected to make a full recovery,” said Lambinon.
This is the second shark attack to happen in Jeffrey’s Bay in eight months after a surfer was attacked on 3 May 2023.
A 50-year-old surfer from Cape Town was attacked while surfing at Supertubes and was assisted by NSRI Jeffrey’s Bay.
