A female has actually been bitten by a shark in Queensland waters. The lady, aged in her 50s, suffered “numerous lacerations to the lower leg” about 4.30 pm on Wednesday in waters near Mackay, according to Queensland Ambulance Services. She was on a vessel about 10 hours offshore, QAS stated. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today “HMAS Warramunga rendezvoused with the client, supplying medical support before coming to Mackay Harbour where she was then taken by paramedics to Mackay Base Hospital in a steady condition,” QAS stated. Fisheries Queensland has actually not been encouraged of the event, a representative for the organisation stated. “Our ideas are with the hurt individual, those who saw the event, and those who offered help at the scene,” the representative stated. “Fisheries Queensland does not hunt sharks in reaction to a shark bite, as it is essentially difficult to definitively verify the shark accountable. “Fisheries Queensland motivates everybody who swims or fishes in Queensland’s seaside and open waters to be SharkSmart.” This guidance is: Swimming in between the flags at patrolled beaches and examine signs Having a friend and keeping an eye out for each other Avoiding swimming at dawn or sunset Reducing threat by preventing schools of bait fishing or diving birds Keeping fish waste and food scraps out of the water where individuals swim Swimming in clear water, far from individuals who are fishing One other Queensland occurrence The last publicised shark attack in Queensland took place in March at Bargara, a suburban area of Bundaberg. Brooklyn Sauer, 14, was assaulted by a shark while swimming at Nielson Beach on March 15. She suffered a single bite to her upper body from what is thought to be a tiger shark. The shark for a moment dragged her undersea before releasing. Sauer suffered about 40 leak injuries to her back, abdominal area and thighs. There have actually been numerous other shark events in other places in the nation this year. Kai McKenzie, 23, needed to eradicate what specialists think was a 3m terrific white in July, while browsing at North Shore Beach in Port Macquarie in NSW. In July, a male was bitten by a shark while spearfishing at Fourteen Mile Beach Camp, 1100km north of Perth in WA. In April, a male was bitten by a shark while browsing at a popular browse break on the west coast of WA’s North West Cape. In February, a 46-year-old lady was whipped by a tiger shark at Sandland Island off the WA coast. In February, Lauren O’Neill was severely injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming near a jetty at Elizabeth Bay, in Sydney’s eastern suburban areas. In January, a 64-year-old guy was bitten on his leg at about 200m overseas at Blacks, Elliston on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. He decreased an ambulance and rather made his own method to Elliston Hospital after rushing from the water and back to his cars and truck.
Female hurried to healthcare facility after being bitten by shark in waters off Mackay in Queensland
