Shark Attacks

Kiwicanuck

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Being a fervent snorkel diver / swimmer and a occasional scuba diver I am curious is there any history of Shark attacks in the D.R.

Other countries I have lived had extensive reefs around them like the North Coast seems to have therefore inside the reefs were never a problem.

Has the Dominican Republic then ever has a fatal shark incident ?


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Hillbilly

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I cannot recall of one

I have seen a shark or two but they were never aggresive. I'll let the denizens of the North Shore chime in here. They will have more inside knowledge.

Meanwhile, I'll do a "search" on some of the newspaper sits. If I find anythiing, I'll pop back in..


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Ken

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It seems to me that when I lived in Samana there was talk of somebody being attacked by a shark when trying to swim across the Bay of Samana, but other than that I have heard nothing about sharks during my 18+ years living on the North Coast.

I do know that fishermen that go outside sometimes catch them.