The coastguard were called to a British trawler off the Cornish coast on Sunday morning, after the crewman was attacked attempting to get the porbeagle shark back into the sea
THIS is the first picture of the fisherman whose leg was cut to ribbons by a SHARK off the Cornish coast.
Max Berryman suffered ten inch wounds after being bitten by a porbeagle shark - which can grow to weigh more than 20 stone - he was helping heave back into the ocean.
The quick-thinking actions of his crew saw the bloody wound inflicted by the furious shark attacking "anything that was nearby" patched up as a helicopter was scrambled to the bobbing boat miles from shore.
The 21-year-old was hauled up to safety on Sunday morning and rushed to hospital in Truro by helicopter from trawler Govenek of Ladram.
Coastguard Alex Grieg said: "The shark had been caught in the nets and it was dragged up on deck and obviously wasn't very happy with that.
"I've never come across anything like this before. The casualty had four or five significant cuts below his knee. One was ten inches in length.
"There were four or five cuts one of which was nearly ten inches in length along his knee. The cuts were down to the muscle.
"The telephone call came in from the fishing vessel saying they had a crewman on board that had been bitten by a shark that was brought up on deck caught in their nets.
"He described the treatment he'd given to the crewman - clean out the wounds, disinfect them and seal them up with superglue and steritapes.
"I then connected him through to the duty doctor at Alexander hospital in Portsmouth who confirmed he'd done everything he'd done everything well and correctly but there were concerns due to the size of the lacerations on his leg.
"So she wished him to be brought ashore as soon as possible.
"From there we arranged the helicopter evacuation."
Coastguards confirmed the dramatic shark attack happened on the deck of the trawler about 110 miles west of the Isles of Scilly - after the vessel left port at Newlyn, Cornwall.
Paramedic winchman Julian 'Bungi' Williams said: "The crew had done a really good job of dressing the wounds before we arrived which meant that we were able to save time getting the casualty to Treliske hospital.
"We understand that the porbeagle shark was on the deck when the incident happened but as the crew were attempting to put it back in the sea one of the fishermen was bitten in the process."
Alex Grieg, Senior Maritime Operations Officer for HM Coastguard added: 'Thanks to the efforts of the crew onboard and their swift actions in treating the wounds and contacting us, we were able to arrange the evacuation of the crew member promptly and get him to hospital.
"We understand the fisherman is still in hospital and wish him a speedy recovery."
The fisherman is understood to still be in hospital after being bitten by the shark - which can grow up to 12-feet in length.
A spokesman for the Coastguard earlier said: "A search and rescue helicopter from Newquay was sent to airlift a crewman from a fishing vessel suffering from shark bites – possibly a Porbeagle shark - that was brought on deck on the vessel’s nets.
"The vessel was 107nm west off Lands End.
"We got the call at 7.30am from South West Ambulance."
The fishing boat where the shark attacked occurred Govenek of Ladram was featured on Channel Four’s documentary The Catch in 2015.
It carries 40 miles of nets and the crew of 4-6 men fish for monkfish, ray, hake, haddock, cod and turbot - sometimes for days at a time.
In April two fishermen pulled in a 22 stone, eight-foot long porbeagle, which is related to the Great White, off the Devon coast.
Last year a probe was launched after a dolphin was washed up on a beach with a giant “shark bite” taken out of its stomach.
The creature was discovered by a dog walker on Polly Joke beach near Newquay, Cornwall.
The gruesome metre-long wound left its ribs clearly visible.
And in 2016 a "brave" British surfer captured the moment he claims he was stalked by a Great White Shark off the coast of Cornwall.
Jack Buckingham, filmed the "close encounter" on a GoPro camera, and claimed he was circled for 15 minutes before the apex predator knocked him off his board.
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