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An uptick in shark encounters is due to the waters surrounding Long Island becoming cleaner and more fish available for the sharks to eat, experts say, after six attacks on Long Island beaches.
The Arizonan man, 49, was in waist-deep water in Fire Island when he was attacked at around 6pm as the shark bit his left wrist and his buttocks according to Suffolk County police.