I'm a bit late to lunch on this news. I have been out Valentine's Day spawning with Ms. Sharky. But the new International Shark Attack File's annual report is out again. This is the only real scientific accounting and statistical model for worldwide shark attacks. It is about the only thing worthwhile academically coming out of Florida; unless you consider watching old people decompose in the humidity scientific. The abstract of the report is rather long so I will give you a snippet of the most important part:

Shark attacks have generally declined worldwide over the past five years. Likely reasons include: 1. Less sharks in the water. Worldwide overfishing of elasmobranchs (sharks and their relative, the skates and rays) has left many populations at critically low levels. Nearshore sharks are the most affected because they are easily captured and are highly sought for their flesh and especially for their fins, which fetch a high sale price and are exported to the Orient, where they are used in shark fin soup, an expensive delicacy. The nearshore area is where humans most often ente the sea. 2. Less people in the water in traditional high shark-human contact areas. Post-9/11 slow-downs in local economies and reticence in some circles to engage in air travel resulted in tourism declines in some regions, reducing the number of tourists entering the sea. Meteorological conditions also have played a role - the large number of tropical storms that battered Florida and other U.S. east coast states in 2004 and 2005 significantly reduced the amount of time spent in the water by humans in these areas. Since Florida annually has more attacks than any other region in the world, the large drops in number of attacks in this region during 2004-2005 is reflected in the worldwide totals in these years. 3. Humans may be getting smarter reducing their interactions with sharks. Media coverage of sharks has been high over the past decade with a plethora of television and print stories detailing the "do's and don't's" involved in reducing shark-human interactions. It is possible that those engaged in marine aquatic recreation (and beach safety personnel charged with their oversight in many areas of the world) are doing a better job of avoiding high risk areas and times, thereby reducing chance meetings between sharks and humans.

Let me paraphrase: "THERE ARE LESS SHARK ATTACKS BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS SHARKS IN THE WATER DUE TO OVERFISHING

especially for their fins, which fetch a high sale price and are exported to the Orient"

Again we have the you know who’s to blame(japs and chinks)Why can't they stick to eating Cats, Dogs, and Horses?

You can get the full 2005 International Shark Attack report here:
Attack Summary 2005

The only other funny thing about this year's report is that once again Florida tops the list as the most Shark-Attacky place in the world. Why? I know the answer for this.

Every Picture Tells a Story Don't It?

Floridians are eaten by sharks because they are slow and old. Their age makes them tender and already seasoned too!

--Sharky

P.S. Don't feel so bad for these fucking old Floridians. Most of them are retired with lots of cash and you can blame them for allowing Bush to Steal the 2000 election. Oh, and they keep on voting Jeb Bush in too!