“Sandbar sharks are not an aggressive species,” he added, noting that it typically takes the shark to be provoked by a fisherman. “It’s a wake-up call for fishermen.” The Nantucket Current first reported on the incident near Hoicks Hollow Sunday night.

A sandbar shark bit a man off the coast of Nantucket Sunday evening as he tried to release it after reeling it in.

An incident over the weekend has added to New Smyrna Beach's reputation as the Shark Bite Capital of the World. According to Volusia County Beach Safety, a 40-year-old Winter Park man was bitten on his right forearm as he swam in the ocean just south of the jetty,