SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- A beach in Monterey city on California's Central Coast was evacuated after a fisherman was bitten by a shark attack, the county sheriff's office said on Friday.

The man, who was spearfishing in the Still Water Cove in Pebble Beach, was bitten on his right thigh, the Monterey sheriff's office said on its official Facebook page.

Two off-duty officers fishing nearby area responded to the calls for help and applied a tourniquet to the man's leg to stop the bleeding.

The fisherman was then taken to a trauma center for surgery. His condition was not immediately known.

An aerial search spotted a large aquatic animal, which may have been a shark, off Pescadero Point, the sheriff's office said.

It was the second attack of its kind in Monterey Bay this year.

In May, a kayaker was knocked into the water by a shark but survived without being bitten. Enditem

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