WATCH | Angry shark sinks teeth into fisherman during sardine mayhem

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Cape Town – A man was reportedly bitten by an “angry” bronze whaler shark during a sardine netting operation in Port Edward on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Saturday.

Times Live quoted Sean Lange from The Sardine News, as saying that large shoals of sardines drew intense marine activity close to the shore, where three boats attempted to net them in rough 5-meter-high waves.

One boat became disabled and had to be rescued.

“There were three boats who netted in extremely dangerous conditions as the waves were about 5m high at one time. One of the boats got their net caught in their propeller and had to be rescued by the other boats.

“When they eventually brought the nets to shore, there were lots of sharks — 17 in one net. The sharks — bronze whalers or copper sharks — were angry at being disturbed as the crew attempted to get them safely back into the water,” the report quoted Lange as saying.

The shark bite was not serious, and the man received treatment.

Shoals had been seen off Mkambati the previous day, with more expected near Port Edward and possibly Durban — depending on whether the predators following them allow it.

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