CANADIAN SHARK ATTACK REGISTRY

Fisherman bitten while tending lines on the Grand Banks

Case number: 12
Date: <1924
Location: Grand Banks, Newfoundland
Incident type: Attack on boat — Code: HR
Species: Unknown
Possible cause(s): Bait in water (Provoked)
Result: Injury
Status: Unconfirmed
Description: A fisherman, Joe Folsom, was reportedly¹ bitten on the hand by a shark while tending lines from the schooner Cape Ann at the extreme western edge of the Grand Banks.

Assessment: There is too little information to confirm the fisher was actually bitten, let alone by a shark.

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References:
¹ Charles Edward Russell. (1929). From Sandy Hook to 62°. Sandy Hook Pilots Association. Pages 310-311.
(Background) Schooner Atlantic by Charles Edwin Bolles (Public domain).
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