Maui Shark Attack: Kayaker Killed While Fishing in Hawaii

A shark attack in Maui left a fisherman dead on Monday.

According to the Associated Press, Maui County Ocean Safety officials received a reported of a shark attacking a man who was fishing off a kayak between Maui and the small island of Molokini.

The man, Patrick Briney, 57, of Stevenson, Wash. Died after the attack. The shark bit his foot while it was dangling off the kayak. Briney was fishing with artificial lures to try to catch baitfish.

After the attack, his friend in another kayak tied a tourniquet on his leg and got the attention of a nearby charter tour boat. The charter boat took them to shore and Briney was transported to the hospital. He later died from his injuries.

It is not clear what type of shark was involved in the attack. Although it happened far off shore, Maui has advised the public to stay out of the water about a mile north and a mile south of Makena State Recreation Area

This wasn't the only shark attack near Maui this year. This was the eighth attack this year and 13 across the state. There was another attack on Friday in which a woman suffered nonfatal injuries.

"We are not sure why these bites are occurring more frequently than normal, especially around Maui," department Chairman William Aila Jr. told the AP. "That's why we are conducting a two-year study of shark behavior around Maui that may give us better insights."

Shark attacks are common in Hawaii. There have been an average of four unprovoked attacked in the state every year over the last 20 years.

A German tourist died in August a week after she lost her arm in an attack. Jana Lutteropp, a 20-year-old woman, was snorkeling off a beach in southwest Miami when a shark took off her right arm.

There wasn't a fatal shark before Lutteropp's death since 2004.