North Coast beaches re-open after shark attack

“These sharks aren’t hundreds of metres out”.

The Department of Primary Industries has sent investigators in to identify the species of the shark from the bite pattern on the body boarder’s wounds and forensic examination. On July 31, Evans Head resident Craig Ison was knocked from his board and mauled by a great white during an early morning surf.

A surfer has suffered life-threatening injuries after the latest in a series of shark attacks off Australia’s central east coast.

All beaches in Port Macquarie will be closed until further notice following the attack.

“We are working with police and NSW Surf Life Saving to monitor the area and provide any technical advice and resources as required in line with the North Coast shark campaign”, a spokesperson said.

The local man reportedly saw the shark coming before it bit him on the left thigh.

Mr Carr has undergone two surgeries since the attack.

“They saw nothing because the sharks are not out there, or there might be some out there, but the others are right in on the rocks or right in on the beaches in the breakers”. “It’s no use culling if you don’t know why they’re there”, Mr Wright told AAP. “I firstly would like to thank those who were on the beach at the time of this incident and were instrumental in retrieving me from the shoreline”, he said in a statement reported by the Seven Network.