A man has been seriously injured after being attacked by a shark off WA's Great Southern region.
A 23-year-old man is being flown to Perth to be treated for horrific injuries he suffered in a shark attack near Esperance in southern Western Australia.
The attack happened at Wylie Bay this morning and the victim, a surfer from Bunbury, lost part of both his arms.
A spokesman for WA St John Ambulance told news.com.au a witness said the man had lost part of his arm at the elbow and the other at the wrist. He also suffered serious lacerations to his legs.
A man has been seriously injured in a WA shark attack
Esperance Shire President Malcolm Heasman told Perth Now the man was from Bunbury and had been surfing with his girlfriend when he was attacked.
"I don't know if he was a holiday-maker or if he has been living in Esperance for some time," he said.
Mr Heasman said the man's family had been notified of the attack and authorities were trying to retrieve his surfboard.
"There has been some increased (shark) activity out in Wylie Bay over several weeks."
"I got a phone call from someone a fortnight ago … that there had been some increased shark activity.
The beach at Wylie Bay is closed after a 23-year-old surfer was attacked this morning. Source: Supplied
Two workers from the shire of Esperance stand guard at the entrance to Wylie Bay Source: Supplied
The scene outside the Esperance District Hospital showing the 4WD ambulance that transferred the shark attack victim. Source: Supplied
"There has been something ongoing there for a while, we don't know what it is.
In a statement, WA Fisheries said they were about to start hunting the shark. It isn't known what species it was.
Permission needs to be obtained from the Federal Government to kill the shark.
In the past few weeks fisheries officers have been investigating several reports of sharks off Esperence, including a reported sighting 50m off the coast off Wylie Bay, the West Australian reported.
Surf Life Saving WA tweeted on September 21 that Fisheries had advised it of a 4m shark sighted at West Beach Dalyup near Esperance.
WA has had seven fatal shark attack in three years. Wylie Bay is a popular surf break which has 4-wheel-drive only access, about 15km east of Esperance on WA's south coast.
The beach has been closed indefinitely.
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