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Surfers return to competition after COVID shutdown amid shark concerns – Sydney Morning Herald

Champion surfers Owen Wright, Sally Fitzgibbon and Stephanie Gilmore are descending on Tweed Heads for the first competition since the pandemic.

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Surf writer Nick Carroll said in his blog this week that the attack challenged conventional wisdom over the behaviour of sharks in the region.
“This is the third fatal attack in Queensland waters in 2020,” he said. “When you add the one on Rob Pedretti at Kingscliff in June, that makes four. Four fatal attacks is the global average over the past 50 years. Its now been equalled within a few hundred nautical miles of Australian coastline.”
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