WA shark attack victim dies in hospital
The West Australian man who was attacked by a shark on Tuesday has died in hospital.
Ben Gerring was attacked while surfing Gearies Beach, south of Mandurah. The 29-year-old lost a leg in the attck and was taken to Peel Health Campus at Mandurah. On Wednesday he was transferred to Royal Perth Hospital.
The shark that attacked Gerring was identified as a great white shark. On Wednesday a great white shark died after being hooked on a drum line and was towed out to sea where it was disposed of.
Gerring is the ninth shark fatality in WA since 2005.
Swellnet sends it's condolences to the family of Ben Gerring and the wider Mandurah surfing community.
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RIP Ben. He only recently found out his wife was pregnant. That's really really f*cked up. I hope everyone in his family got to see him in the last days.
If a crowd fund account happens please let us all know.
Sad news.
Condolences to his fiancee and to the family.
RIP mate.
R.I.P. Ben. Condolences to family and friends. Has anyone heard how Brett from Kiama is doing?
There is a crowd funding set up a few days ago.
https://www.gofundme.com/27ftd94z
R.I.P. Ben. It's a sunny day at Gearies today and the waves are rolling in. The Mandurah surfing community mourns your loss. Love and support to your family and friends. Fellow Mandurah surfer.
Terrible ending to this latest attack. Every surfer in Australia would be feeling heavy hearted today and putting out best wishes to this poor blokes fiancé and family.
Shocking news for everyone and especially the family and partner and their bubs. all surfers fear the very unlikely chance of this happening and when it does we all take a deep breath and think about Ben, his family and all the surfing brother/sisterhood. look out for each other and appreciate each day.
This is fkn horrible. Poor fellow and much love to his family
Another fatal shark attack in WA this afternoon. No details as yet.
Where did you hear this BB ?
Here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-05/woman-dead-suspected-shark-attack-in-perth-suburb-of-mindarie/7479272
Crazy.
Better get used to this happening cause the more whites breed up the more this is going to happen.....
The more they are "trained/teased" by cage diving this is going to continue IMO. They have been in healthy stock numbers previously without much problem. 14 fatalities in WA since 2000. Perspective says the odds are still pretty good that you'll enjoy your surf & live to tell the tale. Certainly adds a freaky vibe though, no doubt about it.
Totally agree Rabs with you but at the end of the day its a simple case of maths ....something similar to the whale repopulation........whites were supposedly on the brink of extinction 16 years ago and boy have they made a remarkable recovery ...you see there hasnt been a white population for a long time probably pre second world war when there were very few surfers around.......its only common sense...maths.
Interesting Simba. I recall several people (in past SN shark discussions) debunking the "there's more people in the water nowadays" theory hence greater interaction. It's gotta be at least one part of the puzzle I would of thought, amongst many others unfortunately.
Its all getting a bit to much, why are there very large pointers very close to shore, yes cage diving shoulda been banned a long time ago, let alone the swimming with tuna, and pulling pens up and down the coast, but at the end of the day money talks.
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From all reports it has been a super productive Australian salmon run this season. Lots more salmon since they greatly limited the commercial catch quota.
The safe times over and its back to the shark plague times around wa unfortunately
gee caml what do you base your "plague times," of sharks returning ??
They come and go around wa , usually when the waters warmer and thats in sa too , can't explain where ive referenced the info . Anyway I apologize for the comment , hadn't thought deeply about this when I wrote it s.man
Good on you for being straight up caml. Although plagues of sharks is a negative that feeds the mass hysteria that is cultivated in the press in this sad week. I read once that the whites like the cold waters not the warm. The interesting thing was in 2011 when the last spate of killings occurred we had very warm ocean temps here in the SW, one theory was that the sharks were trapped in closer to shore by this band of warm water. Sounds like the last attack was by a big one, no shark deterrent is gonna stop one of those . Thoughts go out to friends and families who have to deal with this, take care.
Yep ok it was when in warmer temps than they prefer , that attacks spiked
Large numbers are being reported by shark cage dive boat at pt lincoln the last week . And the waters warm too
Rip to brett gerring and the lady off perth
I can't imagine what he and his wife went through before he died and knowing he had a baby on the way. So unfair. Good to see almost 50k in the fund for his wife. Heard someone write that he put up one hell of a fight. RIP Ben.
I know it can be anywhere but I think I'm done for WA surf.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/08/the-jumping-shark-gre...