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A young commercial diver died following a shark attack in New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands on Tuesday, police said.

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But for decades, the data on all such shark repellents have been "ambiguous," said Chris Lowe, a marine biologist and ...

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Seal-shaped boards decked with bright horizontal lights were less likely to be attacked by great white sharks, researchers ...