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On Monday night, a tagged great white shark was detected at Main Beach in Forster, about two kilometres south of Tuncurry Beach.
Beaches between Blackhead Beach and One Mile Beach are closed for 24 hours while police work with the department to identify which shark species was involved.
Tuncurry Beach, where a man, aged in his 50s, was bitten by a shark on his upper thigh while he was surfing.Credit:Google Maps
Taronga Conservation Society keeps a log of shark attacks in Australia each year.
According to its database, this attack marks the first fatality in Australia this year, although a Victorian man disappeared in South Australia in January and was suspected to have died from a shark attack when his damaged wetsuit and flippers were found nearby.