There were 71 shark attacks world wide in 2007, of which one was fatal... source ISAF
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks...ics/statsw.htm
There have been three fatalaties that I have heard of this year, the Austrian Lawyer, a 16 year old surfer in Australia, and now this one.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...efer=australia
(Papa, the chumming thing was a joke, so keep your hair on )