Another Acapulco shark fatality

[CZ_Diver]

From BBC News, Sat., May 24:

A shark has killed a 21-year-old surfer off a beach west of Mexico's Acapulco resort, less than a month after another fatal shark attack in the area.

Osvaldo Mata Valdovinos died after his left hand was bitten off and his leg broken by the shark, officials said.

Friends swimming with him at Pantla beach near Zihuatanejo saw a 2m (6ft) shark pull him underwater, police said.

Last month, a US tourist died after a shark bit him near Troncones beach, a few miles away.

Zihuatanejo's civil protection director, Jaime Vazquez, told the Associated Press surfers at Pantla beach has seen fins in the sea shortly before the attack.

He said Mr Mata bled to death from a 12-inch (30-cm) wound in his thigh, left as the shark broke his femur.

His friends brought him back to the shore, but he lost consciousness and died before medics arrived, police told AP.

Shark attacks are rare off Mexico's coast, and the two deaths have raised fears in the area around the Pantla and Troncones beaches, which are 150 miles (240km) from the famed Pacific resort Acapulco.

 

[Saltwater Junky]

Curious if the local beach resorts post shark warnings or advises to stay within a certain distance to shore?

I remember a few years ago when FL had an increase in shark attacks that a local long time surfer resident of Panama City said he knew not to go out past the second sand bank because of the shark presence there.

 

[enano315]

sounds like a bull

 

[DandyDon]

So the shark slaughter will increase...

 

[Ernesto]

So the shark slaughter will increase...

I hope not. I finally watched Sharkwater last night...a very sad movie.

 

[NTSilver]

Instead of closing the beach the Mexican navy is "hunting down" the offending shark! They have posted warnings, but have not closed the beach yet.

 

[DandyDon]

Instead of closing the beach the Mexican navy is "hunting down" the offending shark! They have posted warnings, but have not closed the beach yet.

I feared that. So sad.

Remember in the original "Jaws" farce when they had the shark slaughter? The mayor did not want to open up the large shark brought in to prove it was the one that killed the girl; he just wanted a large, dead shark to blame - and if several others were killed, no big deal.

Closing the beach would be so logical and so bad for business.

 

[Scubasteve1982]

Instead of closing the beach the Mexican navy is "hunting down" the offending shark! They have posted warnings, but have not closed the beach yet.

Offender Shark...What BS

 

[BKP]

Shame, that it's a crime for nature to behave as intended... and that we still don't understand that basic concept...

 

[Ernesto]

Surfers on the surface look like seals. Sharks eat seals. End of story, except unfortunately for the shark.