Re: 09/14/2008 Male ( Florida )
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:27 pm
Latest Shark Bite Ties Volusia Record
Tourist Bitten On Foot Is No. 22 For Year
POSTED: 5:44 pm EDT September 15, 2008
UPDATED: 7:51 am EDT September 16, 2008
A Tennessee tourist became the 22nd shark bite victim in Volusia County, tying a record set in 2001.
The 32-year-old tourist was swimming off the 1000 block of Ocean Shore Boulevard in Ormond-by-the-Sea when he was bit once just before noon on Sunday. He was swimming in waist-deep water when a wave knocked him from his feet, a Volusia Beach Patrol spokesman said.
The man sustained cuts that needed stitches.
WESH 2 News reporter Claire Metz called local chambers of commerce on Monday to see if the numbers of shark bites are impacting business. They say not that they have noticed, although this is the slow season.
They think that big national stories like tropical storms and hurricanes, presidential race, even missing Caylee Anthony are making most of the headlines now.
Dr. George Burgess, director of the shark research program at the University of Florida in Gainesville, said he attributes the high number of bites to two things: More people in the water and stricter fishery management regulations that have increased the shark population.
http://www.wesh.com/news/17479674/detail.html
Tourist Bitten On Foot Is No. 22 For Year
POSTED: 5:44 pm EDT September 15, 2008
UPDATED: 7:51 am EDT September 16, 2008
A Tennessee tourist became the 22nd shark bite victim in Volusia County, tying a record set in 2001.
The 32-year-old tourist was swimming off the 1000 block of Ocean Shore Boulevard in Ormond-by-the-Sea when he was bit once just before noon on Sunday. He was swimming in waist-deep water when a wave knocked him from his feet, a Volusia Beach Patrol spokesman said.
The man sustained cuts that needed stitches.
WESH 2 News reporter Claire Metz called local chambers of commerce on Monday to see if the numbers of shark bites are impacting business. They say not that they have noticed, although this is the slow season.
They think that big national stories like tropical storms and hurricanes, presidential race, even missing Caylee Anthony are making most of the headlines now.
Dr. George Burgess, director of the shark research program at the University of Florida in Gainesville, said he attributes the high number of bites to two things: More people in the water and stricter fishery management regulations that have increased the shark population.
http://www.wesh.com/news/17479674/detail.html