What are the places with the most sharks in the world?
A new sighting of sharks off the Spanish coast, this time in the province of Girona, according to Telecinco reports, has once again set off all the alarms in a rough summer due to the sighting of sharks off the Spanish coast. With the invaluable help of cinema and popular culture, these episodes have revived interest in sharks.
Bathers' fear of meeting one of these animals on the beach or in the sea is more frequent in some areas of the planet, where these species are more frequent or come closer to the coast.. What are the places in the world with the most sharks?
The six countries with the most shark attacks
As published by CNN, the possibility of suffering a shark attack is one in four million, so it is something quite remote and improbable.. However, according to reports, some countries have outstanding statistics in terms of shark attacks.
CNN shares a statistic of shark attacks recorded between 2012 and 2021. 761 incidents resulting in 60 deaths. These are the six countries with the most shark attacks, according to data from the International Shark Attack File:
- United States: 471 attacks and 8 deaths
- Australia: 143 attacks and 20 deaths
- South Africa: 29 attacks and 6 deaths
- Reunion Island (France): 19 attacks and 8 deaths
- Brazil: 10 attacks and 3 deaths
- Bahamas Islands: 5 attacks
Are there sharks in Spain regularly?
The truth is that there are sharks in all parts of the ocean, which is why, obviously, there are sharks in Spain. The Mediterranean is, in fact, the habitat of a large number of species, up to 80, that precisely in spring and summer frequent these waters. The most common species are the blue shark, the dogfish and the dogfish, but species such as the bull shark or the most famous of all, the great white shark also inhabit this sea.
However, despite the fact that there are sightings every year, sharks do not usually approach the coasts where there is human activity.. In fact, according to eltiempo.es, it is more normal for these sightings to occur in the Cantabrian Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, due to their colder waters and less activity on the beaches.
As published by La Razón, there is only evidence of three shark attacks in Spain since there are records. These episodes are recorded in the archives of the specialized website International Shark Attack, and occurred in 1986 in Tarifa, in 1993 in Arenas de Valencia and in 2012 in the Bay of Biscay. None of them resulted in a fatality.