Bodega Bay incident?

Someone on a plane Sunday told me that an abalone diver was taken by a
shark, presumably a great white, in Bodega Bay (CA, ~50 miles north of
San Francisco) on Saturday. Anyone else hear about it?

Gordon in Austin

"rwjg40" <identity.available@upon.request> wrote in message
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> Someone on a plane Sunday told me that an abalone diver was taken by a
> shark, presumably a great white, in Bodega Bay (CA, ~50 miles north of
> San Francisco) on Saturday. Anyone else hear about it?

The one whose head was bitten off, or is this another one?

Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote:
>"rwjg40" <identity.available@upon.request> wrote in message
>> Someone on a plane Sunday told me that an abalone diver was taken by a
>> shark, presumably a great white, in Bodega Bay (CA, ~50 miles north of
>> San Francisco) on Saturday. Anyone else hear about it?
>
>The one whose head was bitten off, or is this another one?

No new one has been reported here. They did finally find the head of the victim
off Fort Bragg area (well north of Bodega) recently.

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Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

He was a skin diver wasn't he? I thought abalone could not be taken while on
scuba.

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"Jason O'Rourke" <jor@soda.csua.berkeley.edu> wrote in message
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> Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote:
> >"rwjg40" <identity.available@upon.request> wrote in message
> >> Someone on a plane Sunday told me that an abalone diver was taken by a
> >> shark, presumably a great white, in Bodega Bay (CA, ~50 miles north of
> >> San Francisco) on Saturday. Anyone else hear about it?
> >
> >The one whose head was bitten off, or is this another one?
>
> No new one has been reported here. They did finally find the head of the
victim
> off Fort Bragg area (well north of Bodega) recently.
>
> --
> Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com

"SFM" <k9po@amsat.org> wrote in message
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> He was a skin diver wasn't he? I thought abalone could not be taken while
> on
> scuba.

Yep. Part of the California Great White Shark Dental Protection Act of
1996.

SFM wrote:
>
> He was a skin diver wasn't he? I thought abalone could not be taken while on
> scuba.

Could have been. The guy who told me about it had read about it but was
not a diver. He did mention abalone, but he wouldn't have known the
diff between a skin diver and a scuba diver.

Gordon in Austin

Here are some details:
http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.co...shark_news.htm
Scroll down to the Fort Bragg incident dated August 15th.


"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "SFM" <k9po@amsat.org> wrote in message
> news:cirs78$ovl$1@newshost.mot.com...
> > He was a skin diver wasn't he? I thought abalone could not be taken
while
> > on
> > scuba.
>
> Yep. Part of the California Great White Shark Dental Protection Act of
> 1996.
>
>

"GF" <2@adelphiaspamlessdotskynetsky> wrote in message
news:Y-adne0x2pcbKsncRVn-oA@adelphia.com...
> Here are some details:
> http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.co...shark_news.htm
> Scroll down to the Fort Bragg incident dated August 15th.

What kind of details are those? It doesn't even include the crucial one:
"They didn't find Fry's body until Monday. The head was missing, severed by
the shark."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...type=printable