New Smyrna Beach is known as the "Shark Bite Capital of the World." It's been the site of more than 300 shark attacks since the 1980s, according to the International Shark Attack File in Gainesville.

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A teenage boy has suffered serious injuries after being bitten by a shark at a beach in New South Wales, Australia. Emergency services were called to Cabarita Beach, between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, ...

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A 9-year-old girl whose right hand was nearly bitten off her arm by a shark near Boca Grande may fully recover thanks to fast action, doctors said.

But that was half the total of 28 in the U.S. New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County is the unofficial shark bite capital of the world, and eight people were bitten in that county last year.