Eric Kotz is a South Australian

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. He is the self-published author of three books: ''The Jawesome Coast'' (2016) and ''The Butcher's Son from Tumby Bay'' (2015) and ''Sir Joseph Banks Group'' (2018). His most recent work is dedicated to the eponymous group of islands in Spencer Gulf, South Australia. He lives in Tumby Bay, South Australia and his publications focus on life in the

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Earlier called Eyre's Peninsula, it was named after e ...

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Spencer Gulf The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe an ...

regions. Eric Kotz is a shell collector and a member of Bite Club, a support group for survivors of shark attacks and the friends and relatives of victims. In 2017, Kotz claimed that 3 or 4 sharks had been shot in South Australia as a form of vigilante shark control.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian underwater divers Australian sailors Australian historians People from Tumby Bay, South Australia {{Australia-writer-stub