2026年6月6日 / 美国东部时间上午7:41 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社报道
警方称，一名捕鱼者于周六在澳大利亚遭遇袭击身亡，这是该国四周内第三起致命鲨鱼袭击事件。
警方声明显示，这名35岁男子当日在西澳大利亚州奥尔巴尼港附近的迈克尔马斯岛附近海域和家人一同进行渔猎捕鱼时，于当地时间中午前遭遇袭击。
他被船只送往奥尔巴尼，医护人员已在当地待命，但最终未能将其救回。当局怀疑袭击者是一条15英尺长的大白鲨。当地商业渔民格雷戈里·夏普在接受澳大利亚广播公司采访时表示，近期该区域的鲨鱼活动有所增加。
“每年这个时候我们确实会看到大型鲨鱼数量增多，尤其是它们会沿着海岸追逐沙丁鱼和三文鱼，这是相当正常的现象，”他说道。
近几十年来澳大利亚年均鲨鱼致死事件约为3起，因此此次连续3起致命袭击事件实属罕见。
上一起致命袭击发生在5月24日，当时39岁的渔猎捕鱼者迈克尔·延茨在澳大利亚东北海岸外的大堡礁海域遭遇袭击，头部受到致命重伤。事发区域曾目击到牛鲨。袭击发生时正在该区域运营船只的另一位包船运营商罗布·帕森奇表示，“鲨鱼正在和渔民争抢食物”。
更早一周的5月16日，38岁的渔猎捕鱼者史蒂夫·马塔博尼在奥尔巴尼附近罗特内斯特岛西北海域遭遇一条13英尺长的大白鲨袭击身亡。西澳大利亚州警方中士迈克尔·韦尔当时表示，死者的朋友目睹了整个袭击过程。他们曾试图施救，但该男子腿部被咬后未能恢复意识。
马塔博尼的妻子希琳在接受澳大利亚广播公司采访时表示，他留下了两个年幼的孩子。她说，这个家庭“的心已经碎得无法修复”。
澳大利亚今年仅有的另一起致命鲨鱼袭击事件发生在1月，当时一名12岁男孩在悉尼港被牛鲨袭击，几天后在医院不治身亡。尼科·安蒂奇的家人称，事发时他和朋友们正在水中嬉戏。哥伦比亚广播公司此前曾报道称，近期的降雨导致海水浑浊。澳大利亚官员表示，水质变差“非常有利于”鲨鱼活动。
澳大利亚科学家认为，日益拥挤的海域和不断升高的海水温度正在改变鲨鱼的洄游模式，这可能是袭击事件增多的原因之一。
由佛罗里达大学维护的全球鲨鱼袭击数据库“国际鲨鱼袭击档案”显示，自1791年以来，澳大利亚境内已记录超过1280起鲨鱼袭击事件，其中包括250多起致命案件。
鲨鱼袭击幸存者助力防鲨行动
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/she-was-attacked-by-a-shark-at-15-heres-how-this-teen-is-helping-to-prevent-future-attacks/
15岁时遭遇鲨鱼袭击。这位青少年正如何帮助防范未来的鲨鱼袭击。
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Spearfisher killed in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in 4 weeks
June 6, 2026 / 7:41 AM EDT / CBS/AP
A spearfisher was killed on Saturday in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in four weeks, police said.
The 35-year-old man was spearfishing with family off Michaelmas Island near the port city of Albany in Western Australia state when he was attacked before noon local time, a police statement said.
The man was brought by boat to Albany where paramedics were waiting but he could not be revived, police said. Authorities suspect a 15-foot white shark was responsible. Gregory Sharp, a commercial fisherman in the area, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation there has been an increase in shark activity in the area recently.
“We do see an increase in larger sharks this time of the year, particularly chasing the sardine and the salmon along the coast, which is quite normal,” he said.
The spate of three fatalities is extraordinary in a nation that has averaged around three shark deaths a year in recent decades.
The last fatality was on May 24 when 39-year-old spearfisher Michael Jensz suffered unsurvivable head injuries in an attack on the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast. Bull sharks had been seen in the vicinity. Rob Parsonage, another boat charter operator with a vessel in the area at the time of the attack, said “the sharks are competing with the fishermen.”
A week earlier, on May 16, a 13-foot white shark fatally mauled 38-year-old spearfisher Steve Mattabonni northwest of Albany near Rottnest Island. The attack was witnessed by the man’s friends, Western Australia Police Sgt. Michael Wear said at the time. His friends tried to save him, but he could not be resuscitated after being bitten on the legs.
Mattaboni’s wife, Shirene, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he had two young children. The family’s “hearts are irrevocably broken,” she said.
Australia’s only other fatal shark attack this year occurred in January, when a 12-year-old boy died in a hospital days after he was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbor. Nico Antic’s family said he and friends had been jumping in the water when the attack happened. Recent rains had made the water murky, CBS News previously reported. Poor water quality is “really conducive” to shark activity, according to Australian officials.
Australian scientists believe increasingly crowded waters and rising ocean temperatures are swaying sharks’ migratory patterns, which may be contributing to a rise in attacks.
The International Shark Attack File, a database of global shark attacks maintained by the University of Florida, has recorded more than 1,280 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, including more than 250 fatal incidents.
Shark attack survivor helps prevent attacks
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/she-was-attacked-by-a-shark-at-15-heres-how-this-teen-is-helping-to-prevent-future-attacks/
She was attacked by a shark at 15. Here’s how this teen is helping to prevent future attacks.
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