<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>335949</docID> <postdate>2024-12-29 11:02:05</postdate> <headline>Man dies after bitten by shark while fishing</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-330341" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20120627000507175305-original-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>Emergency services were called to Humpy Island after reports of a shark attack. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line">By <strong>Samantha Lock</strong></span></p> <p><strong>A man has died after he was attacked by a shark while fishing with his family.</strong></p> <p>Emergency services were called to Humpy Island in the Keppel Bay Islands National Park, about 18km off the central Queensland coast, on Saturday following reports a man had been attacked.</p> <p>The 40-year-old was bitten by the shark while fishing with family members about 4.30pm, a Queensland Police spokesman told AAP.</p> <p>Despite efforts by paramedics to save his life, the man succumbed to his injuries just before 6pm.</p> <p>Police will prepare a report for the coroner.</p> <p>There have been at least four other shark attacks in Australian waters in 2024, according to the Australian Shark Incident Database.</p> <p>They include a woman who suffered significant injuries to her leg from a shark bite while snorkelling in the ocean off Mackay in October, and a woman who was badly wounded after being bitten on the leg while swimming in Elizabeth Bay in Sydney Harbour in January.</p> </body>