there where sharka attack along the Jersey shore by one shark in 1912
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The attacks occurred in 1916.  Four people were killed, including one child.  One man was killed while attempting to locate the body of the young boy. Interestingly, three of the victims were attacked not in the ocean, but in a local creek.  Apparently, the creek fed into the sea, and the shark eventually made its way up the creek to a well-known swimming area.  Check out Richard G. Fernicola’s book Twelve Days of Terror.
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Tiger sharks are aggressive sharks and are commonly found in the Pacific Ocean. The Great White is probably the most feared and largest. They are known to travel all around the Pacific.
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the sharks.  it's inhumane to let them stay among that bunch.
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hey bud - \n\ni have seen the film\n\nA Great White Shark decides to make the small beach resort town of Amity his private feeding grounds. This greatly frustrates the town police chief who wants to close the beaches to chase the shark away. He is thwarted in his efforts by the town's mayor who finally relents when nothing else seems to work and the chief, a scientist, and an old fisherman with revenge on his mind take to the sea to kill the beast.\n\nit is a great movie\n\nJaws won Academy Awards for Film Editing, Music (Original Score) and Sound. It was also nominated for Best Picture, although Steven Spielberg was not nominated for Best Director. The film is consistently on the Internet Movie Database's list of top 250 films.[11] Jaws was #48 on American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies, a list of the greatest American films of all time, and #2 on a similar list for thrillers, 100 Years... 100 Thrills. It was #1 in the Bravo network's five-hour miniseries The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004).[12] The shark was anointed #18 on AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes and Villains, opposite Robin Hood. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2005, the American Film Institute voted Roy Scheider's line "You're gonna need a bigger boat" as number 35 on its list of the top 100 movie quotes. John Williams's score was ranked at #7 on AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores.
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The Dogfish shark is pretty small to be dangerous.  It's not much larger than a small cat... and like most craetures more scared of humans than anything else so no they are not going to attack you or anything.
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I dive with them all the time without a cage. I live in Miami and we go diving with sharks every weekend. The only Shark I would be concerned about would be a great white. We see Mako's, bull, hammerhead, etc. all the time. They will not hurt you unless you have a fish or look like an easy meal.
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The largest shark ever caught was a whale shark harpooned off of Pakistan in 1949 and was reported to 23' in girth and weigh 15.5 tons (31,000 lbs.).
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SPANISH RIVER SHARKS\nYOU *R*O*C*K*!*\n-------------------\nIF ANYONE OUT THERE\nIS FEELING DOWN\nSEE THE SPANISH RIVER SHARKS\nAND FEEL A LOT WORSE!\n'CAUSE THE SPANISH RIVER SHARKS\n* R * O * C * K * ! *\nYEAH!\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~spanish~~~~~~\n~~~~~~~~~~river~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n~~~sharks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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There are sharks in all seas and oceans aaround the world. \n\nThere are many species of sharks found in the Mediterranean, especially in the western and central Med - including Hammerheads and Great Whites. Unfortunately the numbers of these sharks, of all sharks in the med, are in great decline and in many areas the numbers are close to non-existent. The culprit for this is commercial fishing (for blackfinn tuna and swordfish - both as a result of being caught in netsAND having their natural food sources depleted, in some cases to extinction - bluefin tuna became extinct in the Med in the 1940's)and, ironically enough, tourism. Especilly around Croatia in the late 90's there were several 'Jaws Tours'operating. The 'chumming' undertaken to attract sharks obviously attracted sharks into tourist areas which resulted in the culling of many, many sharks so as not to endanger tourism!\n\nSo, yes, there are sharks in the Med but I wouldn't be put of swimming in the Med as shark attacks here are almost non existent. Between 1508 and 2004 therewere a total of 38 shark attacks in European/Mediterranean waters. 18 of which were fatal with the last reported fatal shark attack being in 1984.  \n\nBut please get your friend to put the possibility of shark attack into persective. WORLDWIDE shark attacks between 1508 and 2004 totalled 1,986 of which 486 were fatal - in almost 500 YEARS! More people have been killed by deers running into their cars than by sharks!
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During the American Revolutionary War, The Turtle (operated by Sgt. Ezra Lee, Continental Army) tried and failed to sink a British warship, HMS Eagle (flagship of the blockaders) in New York harbor on September 7, 1776.
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Don't see the "Open Water." Really. I never had a fear of sharks before, but I saw the movie and then a few weeks ago I couldn't bear to go into the water at the beach. Even up to my ankles!\n\nOther than that, my fear is that when I near the end of my life (hopefully a long way from now), that I will not have made a difference, that I will not be missed, that I did not make the most of the time I had.
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You are more likely to die in a car wreck than get eaten by a shark.  I want you to read the reference i attached.  If you think about it.  The are more people die in a peanut allergic than shark bites.
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The Jersey shore just outside of New York City.\n\nBTW, my grandfather emigrated from Kent. :-)
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Great Whites are a cold water shark. Yes you can find one off Rhode Island, though your chances get better the further north you go.. As for Australia being the place to go, not really. South Africa actually gives you better odds to dive with one as does the area around Patagonia, heck...anywhere the water temperature is 75 F to 55 F.
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For starters, the person who previously answered is quite wrong, notably in his statements #2, # 3 and #4. Jewelry has never been reported as a contributing factor in any attack, so you can pretty well dismiss # 1 as well.\n He's even incorrect about shark numbers in the Bahamas. There are actually many species, but most are harmless or have no interest in making a diver a snack. If you do encounter a shark on your dive, just be calm, keep your eye on it and move away slowly or keep your distance. You won't be on the menu unless you provoke it and even then, it's likely to be a simple charge and not an attack.\n There are a few species you may come across, notably the Nurse shark, that although large and fearsome looking, are actually fairly docile and allow a close encounter. I've swum with a number of 10 footers on night dives and a few I've found sleeping under ledges. I still have all my bits and pieces. Hell, I've even given one a rub.\n You'll be diving there with a DM. He may even take you to where there are sharks hanging about. Listen to his briefing pre dive and he'll explain what he expects of you regarding shark encounters. He knows these fish and may even know each individual shark and their specific behavior on past dives.\n Relax, have fun and take some pics.
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Barra is the best place by far in that region. They are holding a WCT event there the rip curl search but wont reveal that the wave is actually barra. Andy irons pat oconnel and the mobster just got back from a surf trip therte and told me it was epic!
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topock marsh. might want to fish at night for cats and crappie. too hot in the daytime