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10-Year Global Shark Incident Data (2015-2025)
Source: ISAF (International Shark Attack File) at Florida Museum of Natural History Based on 10-year annual reports: 2015 (98 incidents peak) through 2025 (65 incidents, 9 fatalities)
USA & Territories 10-year totals
- Florida: ~176 (avg 17.6/yr) — 6 fatalities. Volusia County alone: ~80-100 incidents
- Hawaii: ~47 (avg 4.7/yr) — 2 fatalities
- California: ~34 (avg 3.4/yr) — 3 fatalities
- South Carolina: ~16 (avg 1.6/yr)
- North Carolina: ~12 (avg 1.2/yr)
- Texas: ~4 (avg 0.4/yr)
- New York: ~3 (avg 0.3/yr) — recent uptick
Australia 10-year totals
- Total: ~157 (avg 15.7/yr) — ~28 fatalities
- NSW (East): ~52 (avg 5.2/yr)
- Western Australia: ~42 (avg 4.2/yr)
- Queensland (East): ~35 (avg 3.5/yr)
- South Australia: ~15 (avg 1.5/yr)
Other prominent regions
- South Africa: ~38 incidents, ~6 fatalities (mostly Western/Eastern Cape)
- Brazil (Recife): ~28 incidents, ~8 fatalities (high fatality rate ~37%)
- Bahamas/Caribbean: ~40 incidents, ~2-3 fatalities
- Southeast Asia: ~40 incidents, ~4 fatalities (Indonesia highest)
- New Zealand: ~14 incidents, ~2 fatalities
- Pacific Islands: ~18 incidents, ~2 fatalities
- Mexico: ~12 incidents total (both coasts combined)
- Japan: ~7 incidents (Okinawa area)
- Mediterranean: ~10 incidents (rare, often unreported)
- Middle East (Red Sea/Oman): ~12 incidents, ~2 fatalities
Applied to game regions
When building the REGIONS_SEED tuples, divide 10-year totals roughly by 10 for annual averages.