NSW shark attacks

FACTS:

2016

* Four attacks across NSW

* Two injured, two escape injury

2015

* 14 attacks across NSW

* One fatality, eight injured, five escaped injury

* Nine within 70km stretch (Evans Head to Byron Bay)

* Five, including the fatality, at beaches in Ballina

ATTACKS:

2016

* April 20: Byron Bay, Main Beach. INJURED

* March 28: Sydney, Cronulla Beach. NOT INJURED

* March 2: Crescent Head. NOT INJURED

* Feb 21: Palm Beach, Barrenjoey Beach. INJURED

2015

* Nov 10: Ballina, Lighthouse Beach. INJURED

* Sep 4: Black Head Beach. INJURED

* Aug 22: Port Macquarie, Lighthouse Beach. INJURED

* July 31: Evans Head, Main Beach. INJURED

* July 3: Lennox Head. NOT INJURED

* July 2: Ballina, Lighthouse Beach. INJURED

* July 1: Yamba, Pippi Beach. NOT INJURED

* June 24: Byron Bay, Belongi Beach. NOT INJURED

* May 3: Saltwater Point, Saltwater Beach. INJURED

* Feb 9: Ballina, Shelly Beach. FATAL

* Feb 8: Ballina, Seven Mile Beach. INJURED

* Feb 6: Newcastle, Merewether Beach. INJURED

* Jan 24: Ballina, Flat Rock. NOT INJURED

* Jan 19: Byron Bay, Wategos Beach. NOT INJURED

SOURCE: Taronga Zoo's Shark Attack Report 2015