Beaches on the Gold Coast are closed after a surfer died in a shark attack, the first such fatality in the area in 60 years. The attack has taken locals by surprise because Greenmount Beach has drum lines and is one of several on the Gold Coast with shark nets in place. It's the first fatal shark attack at a Gold Coast beach since 1958. It's also the second fatal shark attack in Queensland in little more than two months after 36-year-old Matthew Tratt died while spearfishing off Fraser Island in early July. In June, Gold Coast surfer Rob Pedretti, 60, died after he was mauled by a three-metre white shark at Salt Beach at South Kingscliff in northern NSW.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 08, 2020 20:37 UTC