An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic

Barreiros, João P.; Gadig, Otto B. F.; Haddad Jr., Vidal

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Barreiros, João P.

Gadig, Otto B. F.

Haddad Jr., Vidal

Abstract(s)

The blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758), is a large predatory oceanic-epipelagic species with worldwide distribution that is usually harmless to humans. However, its inquisitive behavior when facing divers in open waters and a moderately powerful set of jaws and teeth can inflict severe injuries, reasons for this shark to be regarded with caution in some shark-human interaction scenarios. There are at least 13 recorded unprovoked attacks imputed to this species to date (eg, http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/species3.htm). […].

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Human-Wildlife Conflicts Shark Attack Azores Wildlife Medicine

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3136

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Barreiros, JP; Gadig, Otto BF; Haddad, Vidal (2014). "An Unprovoked Attack by a Blue Shark Prionace glauca (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) on a Spear Fisherman in Terceira Island, Azores, Northeast Atlantic", Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, [Article In Press]. DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.03.014.