12/11/2015 - Male - Bahamas
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:11 pm
Bahamian man bitten by shark off Andros Island
News Release
U.S. Coast Guard
11. December 2015
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Coast Guard responds to reported shark bite victim in Bahamas
MIAMI —The Coast Guard is responding a report of a Bahamian man who was bitten by a shark 67 nautical miles southwest of Andros Island, Bahamas.
The 26-year-old man was reportedly fishing aboard a 76-foot trawling boat when the incident occurred. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District Command Center in Miami were notified through a satellite phone call made by another man aboard the vessel.
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed the Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island is responding to the fishing vessel’s location.
Source: US Coast Guard
http://sharkyear.com/2015/bahamian-man- ... sland.html
News Release
U.S. Coast Guard
11. December 2015
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Coast Guard responds to reported shark bite victim in Bahamas
MIAMI —The Coast Guard is responding a report of a Bahamian man who was bitten by a shark 67 nautical miles southwest of Andros Island, Bahamas.
The 26-year-old man was reportedly fishing aboard a 76-foot trawling boat when the incident occurred. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District Command Center in Miami were notified through a satellite phone call made by another man aboard the vessel.
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed the Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island is responding to the fishing vessel’s location.
Source: US Coast Guard
http://sharkyear.com/2015/bahamian-man- ... sland.html