A SHARK has mauled a fisherman in a bloody mauling that left him with severe bleeding from both his arms.
The man in his 60s was fishing near Curtis Island in Gladstone, Australia on Monday when he was savaged by the beast.
He was attacked at about 8.25am, being left with extensive lacerations on both of his arms and his hand.
Shocked bystanders rushed to perform CPR on the wounded man as paramedics ran to the scene.
This was critical to getting the man to hospital in a stable condition.
Acting Officer in Charge Gladstone Station Danielle Martin said: “We don’t respond to these very often but when we do they are a unique incident that require us to work with other services to bring the patient to hospital in a timely manner.
“We were lucky in this case as shark bites can be significant but we were able to transport him with minor to moderate injuries on this occasion.”
A spokesperson for Fisheries Queensland said in a statement: “Our thoughts are with the injured man and anyone who witnessed the incident, as well as those who assisted at the scene.”
The man was rushed to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition.
The identity of the shark survivor has not been released, and it is not known what his current condition is.
Curtis Island is 568km north of Brisbane, the capital and largest city of Queensland.
A Jamaican teenager was decapitated and had his left arm shredded off in a deadly shark attack in August.
Divers recovered 16-year-old Jahmari Reid’s body brutally savaged and destroyed.
Fisherman Christopher Reynolds was a part of the group that went out to kill the shark after Jahmari’s death.
He told the Jamaica Observer: “All of the fisherman went out there and, while they were diving to take him up, they saw the big shark.
“They shot at him but they didn’t get him.”
The fisherman is insistent that the killer shark must be found to save any future swimmers.
Jahmari’s heartbroken dad, Michael Reid, was on the beach when divers bought the body back to land.
The retired taxi operator said: “I can’t believe that he went to sea by himself and that was the outcome. Sad to know. I feel so bad.”
Michael says he warned his son about the dangers of spearfishing alone before the tragedy.
Christopher was with the grief-stricken father of Jahmari when the body was found.
He was described by local media as looking “bewildered” and “staring blankly”.
