He also did it at the moment the surfer jumped off his board, just after riding a wave on this beach in Volusia County.. This is considered “the shark bite capital of the world”, with 343 recorded since 1882, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF).
Brevar County is next on the record for shark attacks in Florida, with 156 incidents counted. Since 2012, according to ISAF, Volusia County has recorded 94 shark attacks, but none were fatal.
This county is where the most non-man-made shark attacks were recorded in 2022 in Florida, which is also the state with the highest number (16) in the US.
The scientific organization has warned, however, that the 57 unprovoked shark attacks on humans recorded in 2022 are, in fact, the lowest number of the decade and this may serve to “reflect the documented global decline” in shark populations. sharks in the world.
The term “unprovoked attack” means that these types of attacks by sharks on people “take place in the natural habitat” of these animals and without “human provocation.”