Quentin Gorrell was bitten by a shark as he untangled it from nets on a prawn trawler. Picture: Nick Welsh
Fisherman bitten while trying to help shark
Ship runs aground after long mercy dash
And you think you have bad days at work
A FISHERMAN has endured a bite from a shark he was trying to free from a net then a 20-hour dash to medical help, only for the trawler he was on to run aground within "spitting distance" of shore.
Holding his bloodied, bandaged hand, prawn trawler crewman Quentin Gorrell had to be taken ashore in a police dinghy before going to Royal Darwin Hospital yesterday, the Northern Territory News reported.
The tendons in his right index finger had been ripped to the bone by a bronze whaler.
Mr Gorrell said the shark had been caught in a device that stops unwanted marine life getting into nets.
``We were wrestling it and trying to free it and it swung around and got me,`` he said.
The attack happened on Monday, near Croker Island off the Territory coast.
