A male diver was injured in a shark attack off the coast of Tasmania on Saturday, police said, the latest in a ​spate of shark attacks in Australian waters.

The 31-year-old was diving around ‌50 metres (164 feet) offshore in the Adventure Bay area of Tasmania’s Bruny Island when he was bitten by what was believed to be a 2-metre (6.6 ft) broadnose sevengill shark, ​

“The man was able to return to ​shore and was assisted by fellow divers,” Police Inspector Darren ⁠Latham said in a statement.

In May, a ​39-year-old man died after ​being attacked ⁠while fishing on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef. A week earlier, a 38-year-old was fatally mauled off an island near ​Perth in Western Australia.

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Dozens of beaches along Australia’s east coast ​were closed in ⁠January after four shark attacks in two days.

While shark encounters remain statistically rare, a Reuters analysis of data from the Australian Shark Incident Database shows a ⁠gradual ​rise in encounters, with the country averaging nearly ​29 incidents per year over the last decade, up from an average of roughly 16 per ​year in the 2000s.

The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his forearm ​and was airlifted to the hospital in a stable condition, according to the statement.

Police ​said there had been no further sightings of the shark in the remote area of the island state that is a one-hour flight from the mainland city of Melbourne, ​445 km (275 miles) away. About 40% of the island is wilderness or ​protected areas.

Last month, a shark attack in Australia’s largest city Sydney, left a 35-year-old woman ‌critically ⁠injured and prompted a safety review at the country’s popular shorelines.

Also in June, a man died after being attacked by a shark while fishing off the coast of Western Australia, in the most recent fatal incident.