“They said he was spearfishing for cobia, a fish that follows sharks....”
That right there, enough to stop most people.
To me this is no different than hunting deer and having a run in with a wild boar, once in a while the native predator is gonna get the best of the human. After all, is their environment. But that’s not as sensational of a story for the illustrious media as a shark attack right before summer.