Death by Shark Is at a High in Australia. What’s Going On?

 MELBOURNE, Australia — The shark attacked on Sunday, when Charles Cernobori, 59 and a father of three, was bodysurfing off Cable Beach in Western Australia. A couple found him, dragged him to the beach and called emergency services.

By the time they arrived, it was too late to save Mr. Cernobori.

His death was the eighth linked to a shark in Australia this year, the most in nearly a century. The record for shark attacks in a single year was in 1929, which saw nine. In recent decades, the annual average has been one.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/world/australia/shark-attack.html