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State: Tiger shark involved in fatal attack in waters off Maui - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

State: Tiger shark involved in fatal attack in waters off Maui

Using new DNA barcoding technology, a pair of shark researchers at the University of Hawaii’s Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology determined a tiger shark caused fatal injuries to a 56-year-old Lahaina man bitten Dec. 8 at Maui’s Honolua Bay.