The City of Cape Town on Friday said the shark responsible for the death of David Lillienfeld was not tagged by researchers.
Since the attack at False Bay on Thursday, researchers and tourism operators have come under fire.
Some locals suggest chumming and tagging leads to a change in the behaviour of sharks, which possibly leads to them targeting humans.
The city's Gregg Oelofse said this was not the case.
“The dorsal fin would have broken the surface during the attack. If it had been one of the tagged animals, that would have given off a signal that we would have been able to record. There was no signal given off.”
According to Oelofse, two tagged sharks were tracked to different areas during the attack.
Meanwhile, Department of Environmental Affairs spokesperson Zolile Nqayi said, “The area where the shark attack happened is far away from where the research team was operating. They are operating around Seal Island where there is a high activity of sharks because of the seals.”
- EWN
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